Case of undiagnosed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)

Verda Arshad; Nousheen Iqbal; Haider Ali Saleem; Muhammad Irfan

doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221871

Case of undiagnosed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)

Verda Arshad, Nousheen Iqbal, Haider Ali Saleem, Muhammad Irfan

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is an opportunistic fungal infection that is usually seen in immunocompromised patients, especially those with HIV, malignancies, organ transplants and on drug therapies like chemotherapy and steroids. PCP has subacute presentation in patients with AIDS which if left untreated gets worse and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Here we present a case of PCP went undiagnosed, partially due to the patient being unaware of his HIV positive status and partially because no organism could be found under the microscope.

Original language	English
Article number	bcr-2017-221871
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221871
Publication status	Published - 2017

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HIV / aids
pneumonia (infectious Disease)

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Case of undiagnosed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)

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