OLB was diagnostic 8/8 times, (6 were PCP and 2 were lymphoid interstitial pneumonia). OLB was associated with chest tube placement, continued intubation and ventillation in all 8 patients and two ...

[27] Approximately 10% of all AIDS cases manifest in the elderly. Therefore Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) must also be included in the clinical differential. In more severely ill elderly ...

The trajectory of the US epidemic from the initial description of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in June 1981, to the status of AIDS as the leading cause of death in 25–44-year-olds by 1994/95 ...