Pneumocystis pneumonia in a patient with lupus nephritis

• Main Authors: Zain Majid (Author), Afshan Hussain (Author), Hafsa Jawaid (Author), Shoaib Ahmed (Author), Saima Ahmed (Author), Mohammad Mubarak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with lupus nephritis on immunosuppressive therapy are at an increased risk of opportunistic infections. Pneumocystis pneumonia infection though rare, does occur in such patients and is usually missed on commonly conducted investigations. Hence physicians must suspect it when clinical signs...