Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Mimicking Miliary Tuberculosis in a Kidney Transplanted Patient / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 127-130, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
Bilateral interstitial infiltration in chest radiography, which may be fine granular, reticular or of ground glass opacity, is the typical radiographic findings of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. Recently, atypical radiographic features, including cystic lung disease, spontaneous pneumothorax or nodular opacity, have been reported intermittently in patients with P. jiroveci pneumonia. We report the case of a 29-year-old woman with a transplanted kidney whose simple chest radiography and HRCT scan showed numerous miliary nodules in both lungs, mimicking miliary tuberculosis (TB). Under the presumptive diagnosis of miliary TB, empirical anti-TB medication was started. However, Grocott methenamine silver nitrate staining of a transbronchial lung biopsy tissue revealed P. jiroveci infection without evidence of TB. These findings suggest that even in TB-endemic area other etiology such as P. jiroveci as well as M. tuberculosis should be considered as an etiology of miliary lung nodules in immunocompromised patients.
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Asunto principal:
Pneumocystis
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Neumonía
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Neumotórax
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Tórax
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis Miliar
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Biopsia
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Broncoscopía
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Trasplante de Riñón
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Huésped Inmunocomprometido
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
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