Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Precise, timely testing for HIV can safely spare most HIV-exposed infants from needing pneumocystis jirovecii ...

Which patients taking long-term corticosteroids should receive prophylaxis for pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)? A review of patients with neoplastic diseases and a PCP diagnosis from 1978- 1989 at ...

CXCR6 is a chemokine receptor and the primary coreceptor in SIV infection. A single nucleotide polymorphism 1469G→A, results in a nonconservative change in codon 3 (CXCR6-E3K) of the N-terminus of the ...

This 29-year-old man developed new-onset ascites while in hospital. The patient has HIV infection, first diagnosed in 1994. He has been poorly compliant with his highly active antiretroviral therapy ...

Pneumocystis pneumonia is a serious disease caused by a fungal pathogen called Pneumocystis jiroveci. Although it is typically seen as an opportunistic infection linked to HIV and AIDS, it is also ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. Held annually since 1988, the ...

Initially described as “plasma cell pneumonia”, pulmonary infection with the microorganism Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly known as Pnemocystis carinii) was first identified in malnourished infants, ...

Serology is indicated when documentation of HIV status is inadequate. Much has changed since the first case of AIDS was identified. Updated guidelines discuss transmission, diagnosis, risk screening, ...

Three decades ago, the June 5, 1981, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) reported on five previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles diagnosed with pneumocystis carinii ...