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Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
Point-of-care lung ultrasound ... of Pneumocystis jirovecii ... pneumonia: notes ... #Pneumocystis #jirovecii ... #Pneumonia #PJP
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Pneumocystis jirovecii ... Pneumonia Clinical ... by Pneumocystis jirovecii ... #Pneumocystis #jirovecii ... #PJP #Pneumonia
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
InfectiousDiseases #PJP ... #PCP #Pneumocystis ... #Pneumonia #Testing
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 #Management
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... pneumonia. ... #Interstitial #Pneumonia ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
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
More common & convincing pneumonia mimics 

Aspiration pneumonitis, 
Pulmonary vasculitis, 
Acute eosinophilic pneummia,  
Cryptogeric organizing
common & convincing pneumonia ... Acute eosinophilic pneummia ... Pneumocystis jiroveci ... (PIP), Fungal ... pneumonia, Exacerbation
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pneumocystis jirovecii ... pneumonia (PJP) ... , Cryptococcal pneumonia ... infiltrates PJP ... 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
On the left an immunocompromised patient with PCP.
The CT findings are diffuse ground-glass opacification.
The findings are
immunocompromised patient with PCP ... not specific for PCP ... clinical setting PCP ... Radiology #CTChest #PJP ... #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia