Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a HIV-seronegative patient with untreated rheumatoid arthritis and CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia

A. Prekates, T. Kyprianou, O. Paniara, C. Roussos

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Abstract

Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia (PCP) usually occurs in immunocompromised patients, and it is a life-threatening infection. We report the case of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seronegative patient with untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA), who developed fatal PCP related to uncommon CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia. Although extremely rare and of uncertain aetiology, suppression of cellular immunity and subsequent opportunistic infections should be suspected in such patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1184-1186
Number of pages3
JournalEuropean Respiratory Journal
Volume10
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - May 1997

Keywords

  • CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia
  • rheumatoid arthritis

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