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Clinical characteristics of Pneumocystis pneumonia in non-HIV patients and prognostic factors including microbiological genotypes.
BMC infectious diseases - 25 Mar 2011
Matsumura Yasufumi, Shindo Yuichiro, Iinuma Yoshitsugu, Yamamoto Masaki, Shirano Michinori, Matsushima Aki, Nagao Miki, Ito Yutaka, Takakura Shunji, Hasegawa Yoshinori, Ichiyama Satoshi
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BACKGROUND: The number of patients with non-HIV Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is increasing with widespread immunosuppressive treatment. We investigated the clinical characteristics of non-HIV PCP and its association with microbiological genotypes. METHODS: Between January 2005 and March 2010, all patients in 2 university hospitals who had been diagnosed with PCP by PCR were enrolled in this study. Retrospective...
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