Fatal sepsis in an AIDS patient during therapy for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

The case of a patient with a newly diagnosed HIV infection and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is presented. Despite treatment with high-dose trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) and prednisone with initial improvement, the patient acutely deteriorated with severe acidosis and died on the 4th day...

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Publicado en:Infection Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 314 - 317
Autores principales: Piso RJ, Rossi M, Oehler T, Nguyen XM, Täuber MG
Formato: case study tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2002
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