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Volume 13, Number 2—February 2007
Dispatch

Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi1

Joep J.G. van Oosterhout*, Miriam K. Laufer†, M. Arantza Perez*, Stephen M. Graham*, Nelson Chimbiya*, Phillip C. Thesing*, Miriam J. Álvarez-Martinez‡, Paul E. Wilson‡, Maganizo Chagomerana*, Eduard E. Zijlstra*, Terrie E. Taylor*§, Christopher V. Plowe†Comments to Author , and Steven R Meshnick‡
Author affiliations: *University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi;; †University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ‡University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; §Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA;

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Table 2

Outcomes in 95 episodes of suspected Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP), Malawi, 2002–2004*

Final diagnosis†Clinical diagnosis‡No. episodesIFPCRFollow-up data
Confirmed PcPPcP2PosPos
Confirmed PcPPcP1NegPos
Confirmed PcPPcP1Death after 2 wk of PcP treatment (IS not done due to respiratory distress)
Confirmed PcPBronchiectasies1NegPosDeath 1 wk after IS
Confirmed PcPTuberculosis1NegPosImprovement but short follow-up (2 wk)
Pneumocystis colonization/pulmonary KSPulmonary KSNegPosDeath 23 wk after first IS
Pneumocystis colonization/tuberculosisTuberculosis3NegPosRecovery
Pneumocystis colonization/bacterial pneumoniaBacterial pneumonia2NegPosRecovery
Pneumocystis colonization/unspecified respiratory illnessUnspecified respiratory illness2NegPosRecovery
Pneumocystis colonization/other diagnosisOther diagnosis¶1NegPosRecovery
Unspecified respiratory illnessPcP3NegNeg
TuberculosisTuberculosis19NegNeg
Bacterial pneumoniaBacterial pneumonia10NegNeg
Unspecified respiratory illnessUnspecified respiratory illness20NegNeg
Unspecified respiratory illnessUnspecified respiratory illness1NegNARecovery (18 wk follow-up)
Other diagnoses¶Other diagnoses¶24NegNeg
Other diagnosis¶Other diagnosis¶1NegNARecovery (>1 y follow-up)

*IF, immunofluorescence stain; pos, positive; neg, negative; IS, induced sputum procedure; KS, Kaposi sarcoma.
†Diagnosis based on clinical evidence, IF, and PCR from an IS sample, and follow-up after episode.
Diagnosis based on clinical evidence and IF from an IS sample.
§Three episodes occurring in 1 person.
¶Among other diagnoses were sepsis, bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary KS, and bronchiectasis.

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1Data from this study were presented in part at 9th College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference, Blantyre, Malawi, 12 Nov 2005 (abstract DCON/05/44), and XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 11–16 Jul 2004 (abstract MoPeB3198).

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