Pneumocystis carinii infection in patients of AIDS in India

Y N Singh; S Singh; A Rattan; J C Ray; T R Sriniwas; A Kumar; S D Khare; J P Wali; A N Malaviya

Pneumocystis carinii infection in patients of AIDS in India

J Assoc Physicians India. 1993 Jan;41(1):41-2.

Authors

Y N Singh¹, S Singh, A Rattan, J C Ray, T R Sriniwas, A Kumar, S D Khare, J P Wali, A N Malaviya

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Immunology Section, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.

PMID: 8340330

Abstract

This is the first report of Pneumocystis carinii infection seen in patients with AIDS in India. Two of the three patients were of Indian origin while the third was an American tourist. This report indicates that the technical problem of demonstrating P carinii may be an important factor underlying the diagnosis of PCP.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology*
Adult
Blotting, Western
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Humans
India / epidemiology
Male
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / epidemiology*