Elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase aids prediction of mortality in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia without underlying human immunodeficiency virus infection - Derivation of a clinical risk score

• Main Authors: Matthew Chung Yi Koh (Author), Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam (Author), Paul Anantharajah Tambyah (Author), Lionel Hon-Wai Lum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is associated with significant mortality amongst patients without underlying human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV). We sought to develop a risk score to predict mortality in this population. We reviewed patients with a presumed or confirmed PCP and a neg...