Clinical course, treatment and outcome of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised adults: a retrospective analysis over 17 years

• Published in: Critical care (London, England) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 307 - 9
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Julius J., Lueck, Catherina, Ziesing, Stefan, Stoll, Matthias, Haller, Hermann, Gottlieb, Jens, Eder, Matthias, Welte, Tobias, Hoeper, Marius M., Scherag, André, David, Sascha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 19.11.2018; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Body mass index; Critical care; Disease; Epidemiology; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Laboratories; Lactate dehydrogenase; LDH; Mortality; Patients; Pneumonia; Transplantation; Transplants & implants; LDH; Lactate dehydrogenase; Transplantation; HIV; Mortality

Despite modern intensive care with standardized strategies against acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) remains a life-threatening disease with a high mortality rate. Here, we analyzed a large mixed cohort of immunocompromised patients with PcP, with regard to cli...