[Pneumocystis and cytomegalovirus pneumonia in HIV patients - two clinical cases].
Cytomegalovirus is capable of causing disease in immunocompromised patients. In people infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) it becomes an important agent when there is advanced immunosupression. Its role as a pulmonary pathogen in these patients has been questioned. In the case of pneumocystosis the presence of Cytomegalovirus doesn't seem to worsen prognosis, except in cases where corticosteroids are used. Authors present two cases of patients with HIV infection and advanced immunosupression who were admitted in the intensive care unit for respiratory failure. In both Pneumocystis jirovecii was isolated from.
Lourenço
Sofia
S
Hospital de Curry Cabral, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Lisboa, Potugal. sofilourenco@hotmail.com
Amaral
Marta
M
Almeida
Raquel
R
Marcelino
Paulo
P
Marum
Susan
S
Milheiro
M Adelaide
MA
Oliveira
Judite
J
Mourão
Luís
L
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D012189:Retrospective Studies