A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia

Guillermo J. Giangreco; Dean Campbell; Mark J. Cowan

doi:10.1155/2013/980589

Case Reports in Critical Care (Jan 2013)

A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia

Guillermo J. Giangreco,
Dean Campbell,
Mark J. Cowan

Affiliations

Guillermo J. Giangreco: Baltimore-Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD 21061, USA
Dean Campbell: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Mark J. Cowan: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/980589
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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We report a case of methemoglobinemia with significant hemoglobin desaturation in a young female with AIDS who was being treated for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. A review of the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of methemoglobinemia is presented.

Published in Case Reports in Critical Care

ISSN: 2090-6420 (Print); 2090-6439 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2424

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