Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia patient: case report and review of the literature - Université Grenoble Alpes
Article Dans Une Revue JMM Case reports Année : 2014

Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia patient: case report and review of the literature

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When diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), the clinical suspicion must be confirmed by laboratory tests. PJP is rarely described in patients with idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare T-cell deficiency of unknown origin with persistently low levels of CD4+ T-cells (<300 µl-1 or <20 % of total lymphocytes) but repeated negative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tests. We retrospectively analysed a case of an ICL patient with severe PJP associated with multiple opportunistic infections (OIs). We also reviewed the literature since 1986.

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hal-02063235 , version 1 (11-03-2019)

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Bernabé Chumpitazi, Pierre Flori, Jean-Baptiste Kern, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Sylvie Larrat, et al.. Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia patient: case report and review of the literature. JMM Case reports, 2014, 1 (4), pp.e003434. ⟨10.1099/jmmcr.0.T00017⟩. ⟨hal-02063235⟩
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