[AIDS complicated by Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: report of 20 cases]
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Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage
Published on: February 15, 2013
Qing-xia Zhao1, Xin-yue Li, Yun He
1Sixth People's Hospital of Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou 450005, China.
Objective:
To report our experience in diagnosis and treatment of AIDS complicated by Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP), and explore the relations between preventive medication and occurrence as well as recurrence of PCP.
Methods:
The clinical characteristics of 20 patients with AIDS complicated by PCP (identified from a cohort of 109 patients with AIDS) treated in our hospital during July 2000 to May 2002 were analyzed.
Results:
All the 20 cases had fever, 90 % of whom also had cough or expectoration, and chest radiography revealed bilateral interstitial changes in 80 % of the cases.
Conclusion:
It is possible to diagnose PCP by typical clinical findings and chest X-ray, and compound sulfamethoxazole may prove effective for preventing the occurrence of PCP.
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