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. 1991 Oct;44(10):820–823. doi: 10.1136/jcp.44.10.820

Disseminated pneumocystis carinii infection in AIDS.

R J Coker 1, D Clark 1, E L Claydon 1, M Gompels 1, J G Ainsworth 1, S B Lucas 1, R Miller 1, R D Goldin 1, A J Pinching 1, J R Harris 1
PMCID: PMC496664  PMID: 1960214

Abstract

Eight patients with AIDS and Pneumocystis carinii infection were studied. Protean manifestations were a feature not untypical of disseminated pneumocystosis. Aerosolised pentamidine as prophylaxis against P carinii pneumonia was ineffective at suppressing dissemination. The knowledge that extrapulmonary infection can occur has implications for the detection and treatment of, and prophylaxis against, P carinii infection. The survival of patients with disseminated pneumocystosis is particularly poor, and may be due to a lack of clinical awareness and consequent delay in diagnosis.

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