Rising incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia suggests iatrogenic exposure of immune-compromised patients may be becoming a significant problem

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART7, 2012, Pages 1009-1015

  Coyle, Peter V ^a   McCaughey, Conall ^a   Nager, Aaron ^a   McKenna, James ^a   O'Neill, Hugh ^a   Feeney, Susan A ^a   Fairley, Derek ^a   Watt, Alison ^a   Cox, Ciara ^a   Curran, Tanya ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEA MUCUS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862670113     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.043984-0     Document Type: Article

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