Colonization of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Patients who Received and not Received Corticosteroids Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: Airborne Transmission Approach

• Main Authors: Behnam Mohammadi-Ghalehbin (Author), Shahram Habibzadeh (Author), Mohsen Arzanlou (Author), Roghayeh Teimourpour (Author), Saeideh Amani Ghayum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Iranian Society of Pathology, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background & objective: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is responsible for pulmonary infection in immunocompromised patients. This study aimed to investigating the frequency of Pneumocystis colonization in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) and evaluating the relationship betwee...