| pneumocystis carinii as a cause of pneumonia in hiv-infected patients in lusaka, zambia. | 4 cases of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in hiv-infected patients studied at the university of zambia medical school, lusaka, were verified by bronchoalveolar lavage. pneumocystis is common in north american aids patients, but has been considered rare in africa. one reason may be that facilities for diagnosis, bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, are not usually available. 44 consecutive hiv seropositive patients who were unresponsive to a 10-day course of antibiotics, and whose sputum ... | 1992 | 1440816 |