Prognostic significance of crazy paving ground grass opacities in non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: an observational cohort study

Prognostic significance of crazy paving ground grass opacities in non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: an observational cohort study

Abstract Background In patients with non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PjP), computed tomography imaging reveals ground grass opacities (GGO). Previous reports show that some patients with non-HIV PjP exhibit GGO with crazy paving. However, there have been no studies on the association betwe...

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Main Authors: Shogo Kumagai, Machiko Arita, Takashi Koyama, Takao Kumazawa, Daiki Inoue, Atsushi Nakagawa, Yusuke Kaji, Kenjiro Furuta, Motonari Fukui, Keisuke Tomii, Yoshio Taguchi, Hiromi Tomioka, Tadashi Ishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Ground grass opacities
Computed tomography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0813-y

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