| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in zimbabwe. | pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) is said to be rare in africa, with reported rates of 0-22% in human-immunodeficiency-virus (hiv) infected individuals with respiratory symptoms. over one year in a central hospital in southern africa, 64 hiv-infected patients with acute diffuse pneumonia unresponsive to penicillin and sputum smear-negative for acid-fast bacilli underwent fibreoptic bronchoscopy. bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was assessed for bacteria, fungi, pneumocystis carinii, and mycobacte ... | 1995 | 7475717 |
| fatal pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in hiv-seropositive infants in harare, zimbabwe. | lung biopsies taken post mortem from 24 hiv-seropositive children who died of pneumonia in harare hospital (zimbabwe) during 1995 were examined for pathogens using histology, culture, microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (pcr). pneumocystis carinii was detected in 16 (67%) children, in 5 of whom bacterial pathogens were also detected. there were 2 cases of cytomegalovirus infection. on the basis of histology and pcr, none of the children had tuberculosis. these data add to the evidence that ... | 2001 | 11280062 |
| antibiotic use in infants hospitalised with hiv-related pneumonia in harare, zimbabwe. | to describe the clinical features of infants admitted with hiv-related pneumonia and to describe antibiotic use in relation to recommended treatment guidelines. | 2001 | 12201021 |