Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a 15-year-old with chronic mucocutaneouscandidiasis

Authors
Eppinger, TM Aronson, JE Fonacier, LS Cunningham-Rundles, C
Citation
Tm. Eppinger et al., Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a 15-year-old with chronic mucocutaneouscandidiasis, SC J IN DIS, 31(2), 1999, pp. 203-206
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
00365548 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
203 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1999)31:2<203:PCPIA1>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A 15-y-old male patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMCC) and n ew onset adrenal insufficiency developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PC P). The literature on infectious complications of CMCC is reviewed and clin ical and laboratory characteristics of the only previously described case o f PCP in CMCC are compared with those of the patient reported here.