RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Disseminated pneumocystis carinii infection in AIDS.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 820
OP 823
DO 10.1136/jcp.44.10.820
VO 44
IS 10
A1 R J Coker
A1 D Clark
A1 E L Claydon
A1 M Gompels
A1 J G Ainsworth
A1 S B Lucas
A1 R Miller
A1 R D Goldin
A1 A J Pinching
A1 J R Harris
YR 1991
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/10/820.abstract
AB 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.