Successful treatment of a kidney transplant patient with COVID-19 and late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

• Main Authors: Jing Peng (Author), Ming Ni (Author), Dunfeng Du (Author), Yanjun Lu (Author), Juan Song (Author), Weiyong Liu (Author), Na Shen (Author), Xiong Wang (Author), Yaowu Zhu (Author), Bruce A. Vallance (Author), Ziyong Sun (Author), Hong Bing Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Solid transplant patients are susceptible to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). While the vast majority of PJP cases occur within the first 6 months after transplantation, very few PJP cases are seen beyond 1 year post-transplantation (late-onset PJP). PJP and coronavirus di...