title: [Epidemiological characteristics of pneumocystosis in the Ukraine].
abstract: Pneumocysts have been detected in the sputum in patients with nonspecific lung diseases (56 +/- 2%), including those with acute (43 +/- 4%) and chronic (63 +/- 3%) pneumocystosis, in those with a severe course (70.8 +/- 8%); in those with a satisfactory condition (48 +/- 3%); in those with occupational hazards (78 +/- 7%) in smokers (56 +/- 7%); in those without occupational hazards (39 +/- 3%); in those with an inflammation in the upper lobe of the lung in the presence of pneumonia (84 +/- 7%), in cold (62 +/- 3%) and warm (48 +/- 4) seasons, in north (66 +/- 3%) and south (28 +/- 4%) regions. P. carini per ml of sputum numbers in the range of 165 +/- 15 to 195 +/- 25; that in upper lobar pneumonia is 330 +/- 55. In patients with HIV/AIDS, P. carini has been found in the sputum in patients infected with HIV parenterally (66 +/- 4%) and sexually (54 +/- 5%); cysts per ml of sputum number 240 +/- 20 and 200 +/- 20, respectively; the content of CD4+ per microliter of blood is 480 +/- 40 and 205 +/- 30, respectively.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Lokteva
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Nikolaenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D012907:Smoking; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology