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Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
for diagnosis of Pneumocystis ... jirovecii pneumonia ... Lung #Findings #Pneumocystis ... #jirovecii #Pneumonia ... #PJP
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
InfectiousDiseases #PJP ... #PCP #Pneumocystis ... #Pneumonia #Testing
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Pneumocystis jirovecii ... Pneumonia Clinical ... • Caused by Pneumocystis ... #jirovecii #PJP ... #Pneumonia #Diagnosis
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
CD4 <200: • Pneumocystis ... jirovecii pneumonia ... (PJP), MAI, Cryptococcal ... infiltrates PJP ... Pneumonia: •
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... community-acquired pneumonia ... distress syndrome, PJP ... Pneumocystis jirovecii ... pneumonia, id Once
PJP (Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia) in HIV vs non-HIV immunocompromised patients: same organism, different disease entities, different
PJP (Pneumocystis ... jirovecii Pneumonia ... fernandbteich #PJP ... #Pneumocystis # ... jirovecii #Pneumonia
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
cryptogenic organising pneumonia ... non-specific interstitial pneumonia ... OP, organising pneumonia ... ; PJP, Pneumocystis ... jiroveci pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... Management Pneumonia ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... Yield of blood CX
On the left an immunocompromised patient with PCP.
The CT findings are diffuse ground-glass opacification.
The findings are
Radiology #CTChest #PJP ... #Pneumocystis # ... Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant