title: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia: high-resolution CT findings in patients with and without HIV infection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this essay is to review the spectrum of high-resolution CT findings of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in immunocompromised patients with and without HIV infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is a common opportunistic infection affecting immunosuppressed patients. High-resolution CT may be indicated for evaluation of immunosuppressed patients with suspected pneumonia and normal chest radiographic findings. The most common high-resolution CT finding of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is diffuse ground-glass opacity. Consolidation, nodules, cysts, and spontaneous pneumothorax also can develop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison WI 53792-3252, USA. jkanne@uwhealth.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kanne
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Yandow
authors.forename: Cristopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*