TY - JOUR AU - Wu, Alan KL AU - Cheng, Vincent CC AU - Tang, Bone SF AU - Hung, Ivan FN AU - Lee, Rodney A. AU - Hui, David S. AU - Yuen, Kwok Y. PY - 2004 DA - 2004/12/09 TI - The unmasking of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia during reversal of immunosuppression: case reports and literature review JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 57 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) is an important opportunistic infection among immunosuppressed patients, especially in those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The clinical presentation of PCP in immunosuppressed patients have been well-reported in the literature. However, the clinical importance of PCP manifesting in the setting of an immunorestitution disease (IRD), defined as an acute symptomatic or paradoxical deterioration of a (presumably) preexisting infection, which is temporally related to the recovery of the immune system and is due to immunopathological damage associated with the reversal of immunosuppressive processes, has received relatively little attention until recently. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-4-57 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-4-57 ID - Wu2004 ER -