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Pneumocystis Pneumonia (544 words) |
 | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is an infection caused by Pneumocystis carinii, a microscopic fungus that lives in the lungs of many people. |
| Pneumocystis pneumonia is the most common pediatric illness associated with AIDS, especially in infants younger than 6 months, and its prevention is very important in AIDS care. |
| Some of the different antibiotics that may be used to treat pneumocystis may have side effects, which are easier to monitor in a hospital. |
| p031113b - Pneumocystis Carinii - Colonization (1099 words) |
| However, a low level of P. carinii organisms undetectable by microscopy was detected in BAL fluid by two subsequent nested PCR assays: one assay amplifying a portion of the mitochondrial large subunit RNA gene and a second one amplifying the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and ITS 2 of the nuclear rRNA operon. |
| In HIV-infected patients, P. carinii DNA was detected by nested PCR in blood samples from 3 of 14 patients with microscopically proven P. carinii pneumonia, 7 of 22 patients who were considered to be colonized with P. carinii, and 9 of 48 patients who were neither infected nor colonized with P. carinii. |
| Abstract: A prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence and the course of Pneumocystis carinii colonization in immunocompetent patients with severe pulmonary diseases. |
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