Pneumocystis carinii (jíroveci) pneumonia (PCR) in ICU patients with hematological malignancies

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Authors

SKŘIČKOVÁ Jana MAYER Jiří VORLÍČEK Jiří ZNOJIL Vladimír MERTA Zdeněk

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference European Respiratory Journal
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Faculty of Medicine

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Field Pneumology
Keywords pneumonia; Pneumocystis carinii; hemological malignacies
Description 120 ICU patients with hematological malignacies were examined over the period of 7 years; the diagnosis of PCP was established from bronchoalvear lavage in 39 (32.5%). A relationship was found between PCP and the absence of bilateral pulmonary interstitial infiltration. The authors conclude that even without a picture considered typical for PCP, P.carinii can be causal agent of pulmary complications in ICU patients with hematological malignancies.
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