title: Chronic cavitary Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: A 39-year-old man with AIDS presented with cough, chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, fever, and a cavitary lesion in the upper lobe of the left lung. The cavity increased in size over the next five months with disease involvement limited to the left upper lobe. Pneumocystis carinii infection was then diagnosed. Symptoms and cavity resolved with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole therapy.
authors: Pulmonary Section, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, NY.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Chechani
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Zaman
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Finch
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole