[Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia in adult patients with AIDS].
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia continues to be the commonest opportunistic infection seen in AIDS patients. Early diagnosis and treatment have caused the one-year survival in AIDS-patients with PCP to increase steadily. However, PCP is still the cause of death in 25% of the AIDS-patients. Secondary prophylaxis with pentamidine-isethionate inhalations has reduced the risk of PCP relapse considerably. The risk of PCP is markedly increased at CD4-cell counts below 200 mio/l. Therefore, inhalations of pentamidine twice monthly, as a primary prophylaxis against PCP, can be recommended in HIV-positive patients with CD4-cell counts below this level.
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Marselisborg Hospital, Arhus, medicinsk-epidemisk afdeling.
Seefeldt-Nielsen
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Andersen
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors
Pneumocystis carinii pneumoni hos voksne AIDS-patienter.