Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii Infection in an AIDS Patient

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuradha ◽  
Alvin Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Infection

scholarly journals Establishment of Pneumocystis carinii Infection in a Rat Population

1991 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-137
Author(s):  
A. Sukura ◽  
L.-A. Lindbergznd ◽  
T. Soveri ◽  
O. Guerrero ◽  
M. Chinchilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Infection

Pneumocystis carinii infection in bilateral aural polyps in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient

2002 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. V. Praveen ◽  
R. M. Terry ◽  
M. Elmahallawy ◽  
C. Horsfield
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Opportunistic Infection ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Lymphatic Vessels ◽  
Blood Stream ◽  
Positive Patient ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Infection

Pneumocystis carinii is an opportunistic infection found in patients with impaired immunity. Under favourable conditions the parasite can spread via the blood stream or lymphatic vessels and cause extrapulmonary dissemination. We report a case of P carinii infection presenting as bilateral aural polyps, otitis media and mastoiditis in human immunodeficiency (HIV)-positive patient with no history of prior or concomitant P carinii infection.

Pneumocystis carinii Infection: Evidence for High Prevalence in Normal and Immunosuppressed Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Linda L. Pifer ◽  
Walter T. Hughes ◽  
Sergio Stagno ◽  
Diane Woods
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Serum Antibody ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Infection ◽  
Specific Antigens ◽  
Indirect Immunofluorescent

Using Pneumocystis carinii organisms propagated through three passages in embryonic chick epithelial lung cultures, specific antigens and antisera were prepared for use in counterimmunoelectrophoresis and indirect immunofluorescent antibody techniques. These methods proved to be specific and sensitive for the detection of P. carinii antigen and antibody, respectively, in sera, and were applied to the study of cancer patients with P. carinii pneumonitis (PCP), cancer patients without pneumonitis, and normal children. Antigenemia was detected in 95% of patients with PCP, in 15% of cancer patients without pneumonitis, and in none of the normal children tested. In cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of normal infants and children, acquisition of serum antibody to P. carinii was demonstrated to occur progressively with increase in age. By 4 years of age two thirds of the normal children were found to have antibody to P. carinii in titers of 1:16 or greater. These studies indicate that subclinical P. carinii infection is highly prevalent in normal children, analogous to other opportunistic infections where active disease is manifest predominantly in the compromised host.

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