title: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura as the initial presentation of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient.
authors.forename: Chung-Hsien
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ching-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology