Pneumocystis carinii (jíroveci) pneumonia (PCR) in ICU patients with hematological malignancies
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | European Respiratory Journal |
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| Field | Pneumology |
| Keywords | pneumonia; Pneumocystis carinii; hemological malignacies |
| Description | 120 ICU patients with hematological malignacies were examined over the period of 7 years; the diagnosis of PCP was established from bronchoalvear lavage in 39 (32.5%). A relationship was found between PCP and the absence of bilateral pulmonary interstitial infiltration. The authors conclude that even without a picture considered typical for PCP, P.carinii can be causal agent of pulmary complications in ICU patients with hematological malignancies. |
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