Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation in HIV‐positive and HIV‐negative subjects in Cameroon

• Published in: Tropical medicine & international health Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 643 - 655
• Main Authors: Riebold, D., Enoh, D. O., Kinge, T. N., Akam, W., Bumah, M. K., Russow, K., Klammt, S., Loebermann, M., Fritzsche, C., Eyong, J. E., Eppel, G., Kundt, G., Hemmer, C. J., Reisinger, E. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell 01.06.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: AIDS; Antiretroviral agents; Biological and medical sciences; Cameroon; Cameroun; Camerún; colonisation; colonización; Colonization; General aspects; HAART; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Infectious diseases; Lymphocytes; Medical sciences; neumonía por Pneumocystis jirovecii; PCP; PCR; Pneumocystis; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Pneumology; Pneumonia; pneumonie à Pneumocystis jirovecii; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; SIDA; terapia antirretroviral altamente efectiva; VIH; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Cameroon; Africa; Pneumonia; Cameroon; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Fungi; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; Antiviral; Tropical medicine; Fungi Imperfecti; Human; Immunopathology; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Retroviridae; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Infection; Virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Chemotherapy; colonisation; Treatment; HIV; Viral disease; Pneumocystis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Molecular biology; Colonization; PCR; HAART; pneumonie à Pneumocystis jirovecii; Camerún; neumonía por Pneumocystis jirovecii; terapia antirretroviral altamente efectiva; VIH; SIDA; colonización; PCP; Cameroun

Objective To determine the prevalence of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), a major opportunistic infection in AIDS patients in Europe and the USA, in Cameroon. Materials and methods Induced sputum samples from 237 patients without pulmonary symptoms (126 HIV‐positive and 111 HIV‐negative outpatients) tr...