[Pneumocystis carinii infection in a HIV infection department].
To determine the prevalence of Pneumocystis carinii in the HIV-infection department, a simultaneous survey was made of 33 HIV-infected patients at various stages of the disease, of close relatives that were nursing the patients in the unit (n-7), and of medical staff of the department (n-20). Patients with toxic infections who were on another floor of the same hospital and medical students were examined as a control group. For detection of P. carinii antigen, smears from the deep airways were tested in the immunofluorescence. P. carinii was detected in 87.7% of HIV-infected patients, in 71.4% of their relatives and in 80.0% of the medical staff, in 16.6% of control patients and 27.7% of students. The main type of the infectious process in pneumocystosis is its carriage; 2 patients at a stage of relapses (IIIB) that corresponds to AIDS were recorded as having pneumocystis pneumonia.
Ermak
T N
TN
Ivanenko
I P
IP
Makarova
N Iu
NIu
Novozhenina
E B
EB
Pokrovskiĭ
V V
VV
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D009031:Moscow; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D000078329:Workforce
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