Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection: A Challenging Case Report

• Auteurs principaux: Selin KESTEL KAYIK (Auteur), Elif ACAR (Auteur), Leyla MEMİŞ (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Federation of Turkish Pathology Societies, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Pneumocystis jirovecii is a potentially life-threatening opportunistic pathogen particularly affecting the lungs, mainly in immunosuppressed individuals and HIV-infected patients with a low CD4 cell count. A 50-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of pleuritic chest pain and fever. He was al...