Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with pleurisy, platypnoea and orthodeoxia.
We present a patient who collapsed with chest pain and dyspnoea on a transatlantic flight. She was found to have Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Platypnoea and orthodeoxia, which have not been previously reported in association with PCP, were major fe...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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