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Case Reports
. 1988 Jan;19(1):113-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0046-8177(88)80327-7.

Disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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Disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

P D Unger et al. Hum Pathol. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

A case of disseminated pneumocystosis occurring in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is described. Postmortem examination of this patient, who had three episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during his 3-year clinical course, revealed clinically unsuspected infiltration of lymph nodes, spleen, adrenal glands, and bone marrow, in addition to persistent pulmonary infection by the organism.

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