Pneumocystis Pneumonia: The radiology of an AIDS- defining illness
Pneumocystis Pneumonia: The radiology of an AIDS- defining illness
Pneumocystis Pneumonia: The radiology of an AIDS- defining illness
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Jennifer Stevens, MS3<br />
Gilli<strong>an</strong> Lieberm<strong>an</strong>, MD<br />
<strong>Pneumocystis</strong> itself<br />
• Tropism for the lung<br />
• Alveolar pathogen without invasion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
host<br />
• Only disseminates in the setting <strong>of</strong> severe<br />
immunocompromise or overwhelming<br />
infection<br />
November 2005<br />
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