Diagnosis of severe respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients

E Azoulay, L Russell, A Van de Louw, V Metaxa… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
An increasing number of critically ill patients are immunocompromised. Acute hypoxemic
respiratory failure (ARF), chiefly due to pulmonary infection, is the leading reason for ICU …

Pneumocystis pneumonia in the twenty-first century: HIV-infected versus HIV-uninfected patients

C Cillóniz, C Dominedò… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) has classically been described as
a serious complication in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

Outcome and prognostic factors of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in immunocompromised adults: a prospective observational study

BJ Gaborit, B Tessoulin, RA Lavergne, F Morio… - Annals of intensive …, 2019 - Springer
Background Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) remains a severe disease associated
with high rates of invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and mortality. The objectives of this …

An overview of using fungal DNA for the diagnosis of invasive mycoses

PL White, A Alanio, L Brown, M Cruciani… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Fungal PCR has undergone considerable standardization and, together with
the availability of commercial assays, external quality assessment schemes, and extensive …

A machine learning diagnostic model for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with severe pneumonia

X Li, X Xiong, Z Liang, Y Tang - Internal and Emergency Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in patients
presenting with severe pneumonia is challenging and delays in treatment were associated …

艾滋病与慢性肾脏病患者耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎的临床特征比较

李喆, 叶子, 程健, 罗松, 许书添, 魏洪霞… - 肾脏病与透析肾移植 …, 2022 - njcndt.com
目的: 回顾性分析艾滋病(AIDS) 与慢性肾脏病(CKD) 患者耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎(PJP)
临床特征及预后. 方法: 纳入2018 年10 月至2022 年4 月东部战区总医院国家肾脏疾病临床医学 …

Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Severe Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia after Kidney Transplantation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Y Liu, T Qiu, H Hu, C Kong, Y Zhang, T Wang, J Zhou… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The objective of this study was to formulate and validate a prognostic model for
postoperative severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (SPCP) in kidney transplant …

Prognostic impact of early adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in non-HIV oncology or haematology patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: A propensity score …

M Assal, J Lambert, L Chow-Chine, M Bisbal… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Purpose While early adjunctive corticosteroid therapy (EACST) has been proven effective in
HIV patients with Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP), data remains controversial …

Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Nomogram for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Non-HIV-Infected Pneumonia Patients Undergoing Oral …

Q Lang, L Li, Y Zhang, X He, Y Liu, Z Liu… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic but potentially fatal
infection with increasing prevalence in HIV-free patients. Glucocorticoid therapy is one of the …

Diagnostic limitations and challenges in current clinical guidelines and potential application of metagenomic sequencing to manage pulmonary invasive fungal …

SY Park, MI Ardura, SX Zhang - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Pulmonary invasive fungal infections (pIFI) disproportionately affect patients
with haematological malignancies (HM). Establishing a rapid and accurate diagnosis of pIFI …