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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Sep;30(9):1948-1952.
doi: 10.3201/eid3009.240615.
Non-HIV Immunocompetent Patient with COVID-19 and Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Co-Infection
Songsong Yu, Tiecheng Yang
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that affects HIV-infected and immunocompromised persons and rarely affects immunocompetent patients. However, after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, some COVID-19 patients without immunocompromise or HIV were infected with P. jirovecii. Clinical manifestations were atypical, easily misdiagnosed, and rapidly progressive, and the prognosis was poor.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; co-infection; coronavirus disease; fungi; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2024 Sep;30(9):1948-1952.
doi: 10.3201/eid3009.240615.
Non-HIV Immunocompetent Patient with COVID-19 and Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Co-Infection
Songsong Yu, Tiecheng Yang
- PMID: 39174035
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3009.240615
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that affects HIV-infected and immunocompromised persons and rarely affects immunocompetent patients. However, after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, some COVID-19 patients without immunocompromise or HIV were infected with P. jirovecii. Clinical manifestations were atypical, easily misdiagnosed, and rapidly progressive, and the prognosis was poor.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; co-infection; coronavirus disease; fungi; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.