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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1184-1186 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | European Respiratory Journal |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - May 1997 |
Keywords
- CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia
- human immunodeficiency virus
- Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia
- rheumatoid arthritis
