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. 1981 Oct;34(10):1138–1146. doi: 10.1136/jcp.34.10.1138

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: a light microscopical and ultrastructural study.

P S Hasleton, A Curry, E M Rankin
PMCID: PMC494380  PMID: 6975781

Abstract

A case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia developing a patient with treated diffuse lymphocytic lymphoma is described. The electron microscopic features and life cycle of the organism are illustrated. The patient died twenty-four hours after the biopsy had been taken. Septrin appeared to have affected the trophozoite stage. Pneumocystis carinii appears to induce interstitial pulmonary oedema and fibrosis. A discussion of the role of electron microscopy in early diagnosis of the disease is presented.

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