Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplant recipients.
Discussed are incidence, predisposing factors, presenting symptoms, diagnostic and isolation procedures, and therapy of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplant recipients. A case is reported of a 46-year-old recipient of a cadaveric kidney, who develop P. carinii infection and was successfully treated with pentamidine isethionate.
D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011241:Prednisone / Q000009:adverse effects; D051381:Rats; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D010419:Pentamidine; D011241:Prednisone