Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
Suspected pediatric PCP in resource-poor settings should be treated as emergency
Published in AIDS Weekly, December 13th, 2004
"The prevalence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), its clinical and radiological features and the outcome in 121 children aged 2-60 months presenting with severe pneumonia over a 2-month period at Mulago Hospital, Kampala are described," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Tropical Paediatrics report.
"Children presenting with severe pneumonia had sputum induction using 3% hypertonic saline. The sputum was stained using PCP monoclonal antibodies and viewed with fluorescent microscopy. Twenty children...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-12-13)
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