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Central nervous system pneumocystosis in a patient with AIDS.

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Bartlett, JA; Hulette, C
Published in: Clin Infect Dis
July 1997

Extrapulmonary involvement with Pneumocystis carinii has been described in 0.5%-2.5% of persons with AIDS. One hundred nine patients with AIDS and confirmed extrapulmonary pneumocystosis were identified, and seven of these patients (including our patients) had central nervous system (CNS) pneumocystosis. Of these seven patients, six had prior AIDS-related complications, and three had previous P. carinii pneumonia. Six patients had CNS symptoms, one of whom underwent a focal neurological examination. No cases were diagnosed before death. The involved sites were the cerebral cortex (2 patients), meninges (2), pituitary gland (1), putamen (1), and nonspecified locations (3). In two patients, organisms were seen around blood vessels, and in five patients there was concurrent neuropathology. In summary, CNS involvement with P. carinii usually occurs as a late complication of AIDS and probably represents hematogenous dissemination.

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Clin Infect Dis

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ISSN

1058-4838

Publication Date

July 1997

Volume

25

Issue

1

Start / End Page

82 / 85

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pneumocystis Infections
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Brain Diseases
  • Autopsy
  • Adult
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Bartlett, J. A., & Hulette, C. (1997). Central nervous system pneumocystosis in a patient with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis, 25(1), 82–85. https://doi.org/10.1086/514519
Bartlett, J. A., and C. Hulette. “Central nervous system pneumocystosis in a patient with AIDS.Clin Infect Dis 25, no. 1 (July 1997): 82–85. https://doi.org/10.1086/514519.
Bartlett JA, Hulette C. Central nervous system pneumocystosis in a patient with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jul;25(1):82–5.
Bartlett, J. A., and C. Hulette. “Central nervous system pneumocystosis in a patient with AIDS.Clin Infect Dis, vol. 25, no. 1, July 1997, pp. 82–85. Pubmed, doi:10.1086/514519.
Bartlett JA, Hulette C. Central nervous system pneumocystosis in a patient with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jul;25(1):82–85.

Published In

Clin Infect Dis

DOI

ISSN

1058-4838

Publication Date

July 1997

Volume

25

Issue

1

Start / End Page

82 / 85

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pneumocystis Infections
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Brain Diseases
  • Autopsy
  • Adult
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
  • 3202 Clinical sciences