| Issue |
Parasite
Volume 18, Number 3, August 2011
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| Page(s) | 219 - 228 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011183219 | |
| Published online | 15 August 2011 | |
Review
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in developing countries*
La pneumonie due à Pneumocystis jirovecii dans les pays en développement
1
Pathology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine “Pedro Kourí”, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
2
Pneumocystis Study Group, Infectology Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
3
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Publica, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
** Correspondence: Gustavo Wissmann, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Tel.: 55 51 33598000 – Fax: 55 51 33309700. E-mail: gneto@hcpa.ufrgs.br
Received:
16
June
2010
Accepted:
4
November
2010
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.
Résumé
La pneumonie due à Pneumocystis jirovecii (PcP) est une infection mycosique sévère chez les patients immunodéprimés. Dans les pays développés, les données épidémiologiques et cliniques de la PcP sont bien documentées. En revanche, dans les pays en voie de développement, on dispose de peu d’informations concernant la prévalence de la pneumocystose. De nombreux articles qui concernent des pays d’Afrique, d’Asie et d’Amérique sont passés en revue dans ce travail. La PcP est une infection opportuniste fréquente chez les patients atteints de sida dans différentes régions géographiques. Une tendance à l’augmentation de l’incidence de la PcP a été observée dans les pays en développement entre 2002 et 2010.
Key words: Pneumocystis / HIV / opportunistic infection / developing countries
Mots clés : Pneumocystis / VIH / infection opportuniste / pays en développement
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