Pulmonary cannonballs in a patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) remains one of the most common and life-threatening complications in patients with AIDS. PJP typically presents subacutely with a dry cough, shortness of breath with exertion, fever, and bilateral ground-glass opacities on imaging. However, atypical imaging fin...
Main Authors: | Miranda McGhee, Dante Paolo Melendez-Lecca, Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | IDCases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921001852 |
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