Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Cavitary lung lesions caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii in setting of common variable immune deficiency

  • Zhenmei Zhang,
  • Ryan M. Kern,
  • Avni Y. Joshi,
  • Vivek N. Iyer,
  • Patricio Escalante

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31
p. 101277

Abstract

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Pneumocystis pneumonia affects immunocompromised hosts. The typical imaging finding is bilateral diffuse ground glass opacities. Here we presented a case of Pneumocystis causing biopsy-confirmed cavitary lung lesions in a patient with a predominant B cell defect with common variable immune deficiency.

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