TY - JOUR T1 - Disseminated pneumocystis carinii infection in AIDS. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 820 LP - 823 DO - 10.1136/jcp.44.10.820 VL - 44 IS - 10 AU - R J Coker AU - D Clark AU - E L Claydon AU - M Gompels AU - J G Ainsworth AU - S B Lucas AU - R Miller AU - R D Goldin AU - A J Pinching AU - J R Harris Y1 - 1991/10/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/10/820.abstract N2 - Eight patients with AIDS and Pneumocystis carinii infection were studied. Protean manifestations were a feature not untypical of disseminated pneumocystosis. Aerosolised pentamidine as prophylaxis against P carinii pneumonia was ineffective at suppressing dissemination. The knowledge that extrapulmonary infection can occur has implications for the detection and treatment of, and prophylaxis against, P carinii infection. The survival of patients with disseminated pneumocystosis is particularly poor, and may be due to a lack of clinical awareness and consequent delay in diagnosis. ER -