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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in developing countries

2011; EDP Sciences; Volume: 18; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1051/parasite/2011183219

1776-1042

Yaxsier de Armas Rodríguez, Gustavo Wissmann, André Luis Aquino Müller, Marco Aurélio Pederiva, Maria Carlota Borba Brum, R.L. Brackmann, Virginia Capó de Paz, Enrique J. Calderón,

HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a serious fungal infection among immunocompromised patients. In developed countries, the epidemiology and clinical spectrum of PcP have been clearly defined and well documented. However, in most developing countries, relatively little is known about the prevalence of pneumocystosis. Several articles covering African, Asian and American countries were reviewed in the present study. PcP was identified as a frequent opportunistic infection in AIDS patients from different geographic regions. A trend to an increasing rate of PcP was apparent in developing countries from 2002 to 2010.