Neumonía por Pneumocistis carinii en pacientes con SIDA en El Hospital Santo Tomas / Pneumocistis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS at the Saint Thomas Hospital
Rev. méd. Panamá
; 21(1/2): 4-10, Jan.-May 1996.
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| ID: lil-409930
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ABSTRACT
The authors examined material from the respiratory tract obtained from 55 patients, with silver Methenamine and Giemsa stains to detect Pneumocystis carinii. Twenty five patients were positive. All had fever and fatigue, 80% had dyspnea, 72% had productive cough, and significant weight loss occurred in 48%. None of the patients had signs of pulmonary consolidation. Chest X-Ray showed diffuse infiltrates in 55.2%. Nodular lesions in both lung fields were present in 6.9%. A local infiltrate was seen in 13.6% and no infiltrates were seen in 10.3%. LDH was elevated in all (ranging from 885 4500 UI), 84% of the patients had a PO2 of 70 mmHg or less. Most of the patients, 80%, responded to therapy with Trimethoprim-Sulfa
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia por Pneumocystis
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Panama
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Panamá
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Panamá
País de publicação:
Panamá