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. 1993 Apr;69(2):130–132. doi: 10.1136/sti.69.2.130

Systemic Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis with dapsone and pyrimethamine fails to protect against extrapulmonary pneumocystosis.

E M Carlin 1, R J Coker 1, R D Goldin 1, J R Harris 1
PMCID: PMC1195046  PMID: 8509094

Abstract

Extrapulmonary pneumocystosis is a feature of severe immunosuppression which earlier reports have suggested is limited to patients receiving either no prophylaxis or aerosolised pentamidine. We report a case of disseminated pneumocystosis which developed in an HIV positive homosexual man despite systemic primary Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis.

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