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Case Reports
. 2018 Nov;10(11):E774-E778.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.10.49.

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an HIV-infected patient mimicking acute eosinophilic pneumonia: a case report with a review of the literature

Hiroshi Ohji  1 , Tsutomu Shinohara  2 , Naoki Kadota  1 , Yoshio Okano  1 , Keishi Naruse  3 , Yoshihito Iwahara  4 , Fumitaka Ogushi  1
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an HIV-infected patient mimicking acute eosinophilic pneumonia: a case report with a review of the literature

Hiroshi Ohji et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest X-ray (A, D and E) and high-resolution CT (B and C) findings. (A,B,C) Bilateral ground-glass opacities (GGOs) without chronic changes on admission to hospital; (D) worsening of pre-existing GGOs two weeks after the initiation of treatment using oral prednisolone (30 mg/day); (E) marked improvement after 3 months of treatment (administration of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, atovaquone and ganciclovir followed by anti-HIV therapy).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pathological findings of transbronchial lung biopsy specimens (A, hematoxylin and eosin staining; B, Grocott methenamine silver staining). (A) Eosinophilic foamy areas in alveolar lesions; (B) accumulation of black-colored cysts.
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