PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

A 67 years old gentleman presented with shortness of breath, fever and cough. Baseline imaging and routine bloods were consistent with respiratory tract infection. He was treated on the lines of COVID-19 infection, but he was clinically and radiologically deteriorating and was eventually intubated....

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad, Sidra Yousaf
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	covid-19 pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:05309ff70c9d4ae7ab002c8bd05fd4b62021-12-02T17:20:50ZPNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/05309ff70c9d4ae7ab002c8bd05fd4b62020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5340https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842A 67 years old gentleman presented with shortness of breath, fever and cough. Baseline imaging and routine bloods were consistent with respiratory tract infection. He was treated on the lines of COVID-19 infection, but he was clinically and radiologically deteriorating and was eventually intubated. Upon clinical suspicion and repeated COVID-19 negative swabs, treatment for pneumocystis jirovecii was initiated and there was an excellent clinical improvement. The patient was extubated and was subsequently weaned off oxygen, HIV was negative, sputum and PCR showed pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.Muhammad Mohsin SajjadSidra YousafArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlecovid-19pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniaMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 2, Pp 672-673 (2020)
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description	A 67 years old gentleman presented with shortness of breath, fever and cough. Baseline imaging and routine bloods were consistent with respiratory tract infection. He was treated on the lines of COVID-19 infection, but he was clinically and radiologically deteriorating and was eventually intubated. Upon clinical suspicion and repeated COVID-19 negative swabs, treatment for pneumocystis jirovecii was initiated and there was an excellent clinical improvement. The patient was extubated and was subsequently weaned off oxygen, HIV was negative, sputum and PCR showed pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
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author	Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad Sidra Yousaf
author_facet	Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad Sidra Yousaf
author_sort	Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad
title	PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_short	PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full	PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_fullStr	PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full_unstemmed	PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_sort	pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a hiv-negative adult in covid-19 pandemic
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/05309ff70c9d4ae7ab002c8bd05fd4b6
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PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN A HIV-NEGATIVE ADULT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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