TY - JOUR AU - Shimizu, Yasuo AU - Sunaga, Noriaki AU - Dobashi, Kunio AU - Fueki, Makoto AU - Fueki, Naoto AU - Makino, Sohei AU - Mori, Masatomo PY - 2009 DA - 2009/04/22 TI - Serum markers in interstitial pneumonia with and without Pneumocystis jiroveciicolonization: a prospective study JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 47 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - In patients with chronic respiratory disease, Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) colonization is observed, and may influence disease progression and systemic inflammation. Pneumocystis pneumonia causes interstitial changes, so making a diagnosis of PCP in patients who have interstitial pneumonia (IP) with P. jirovecii colonization is sometimes difficult based on radiography. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-47 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-9-47 ID - Shimizu2009 ER -