Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of immunocompromised patients infected with Pneumocystis jirovecii in a twelve-year retrospective study from Norway.

Grønseth, Stine; Rogne, Tormod; Hannula, Raisa; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Afset, Jan Egil; Damås, Jan Kristian

Grønseth, Stine; Rogne, Tormod; Hannula, Raisa; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Afset, Jan Egil; Damås, Jan Kristian.

Affiliation

Grønseth S; Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway. stine.gronseth@ntnu.no.
Rogne T; Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Hannula R; Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Åsvold BO; K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Afset JE; HUNT Research Center, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Levanger, Norway.
Damås JK; Department of Endocrinology, St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

BMC Infect Dis ; 21(1): 659, 2021 Jul 07.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34233631

Subject(s)

Immunocompromised Host; Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage; Pneumocystis carinii/isolation & purification; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/diagnosis; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/mortality; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/microbiology; Aged; Female; HIV Infections/epidemiology; Hematologic Neoplasms/epidemiology; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Norway/epidemiology; Pneumocystis carinii/genetics; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors

Key words

Immunocompromised; Immunosuppression; PCP; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Pneumonia

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Immunocompromised Host / Pneumocystis carinii / Immunosuppressive Agents Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: BMC Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Norway

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