Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a 15-year-old with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.
A 15-y-old male patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMCC) and new onset adrenal insufficiency developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). The literature on infectious complications of CMCC is reviewed and clinical and laboratory characteristics of the only previously described case of PCP in CMCC are compared with those of the patient reported here.
Eppinger
T M
TM
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology, UCLA Children's Hospital, Los Angeles CA 90095, USA.
Aronson
J E
JE
Fonacier
L S
LS
Cunningham-Rundles
C
C
D000293:Adolescent; D002178:Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
D007136:Immunoglobulins