Disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
A case of disseminated pneumocystosis occurring in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is described. Postmortem examination of this patient, who had three episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during his 3-year clinical course, revealed clinically unsuspected infiltration of lymph nodes, spleen, adrenal glands, and bone marrow, in addition to persistent pulmonary infection by the organism.
Unger
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Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
Rosenblum
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Krown
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011010:Pneumocystis; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*