title: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in thymoma with hypogammaglobulinaemia: successful outcome of therapy including i.v. IgG replacement.
abstract: A 66-year-old patient presented with Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) and was found to have hypogammaglobulinaemia, associated with a thymoma that had been resected 17 months earlier. Only one previous case of PCP in association with a thymoma and hypogammaglobulinaemia has been reported, in which the patient died. We report another such patient who was successfully treated with a combination of intravenous immunoglobulin and high dose cotrimoxazole.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Yap
mesh_terms: D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination