[A patient with AIDS: infection associated with pneumocystis carinii and cryptococcus neoformans].
A patient with AIDS developed pulmonary infiltrates typical of infection by P. carinii. However, therapy for this agent was unsuccessful. Further studies including blood cultures revealed the presence of C neoformans. Specific therapy for this agent led to recovery. Concomitant opportunistic infections may cause diagnostic and therapeutic problems in patients with AIDS.
Fica
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Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Hospital J J Aguirre, Santiago de Chile.
Alamo
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Castrillón
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M
Oddó
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Sepulveda
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C
del Solar
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Thompson
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L
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy