TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonitis
AU - Hughes, Walter T.
PY - 1987/10/15
Y1 - 1987/10/15
N2 - During the past year, the number of deaths from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis in the United States exceeded the combined number of deaths from meningococcal infections, all types of viral hepatitis and encephalitis, gonorrhea, syphilis, varicella, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, amebiasis, shigellosis, salmonellosis, typhoid fever, typhus fevers, cholera, rabies, brucellosis, anthrax, tularemia, botulism, and malaria. More patients died of P. carinii pneumonitis than of all types of tuberculosis. The rapidly escalating prevalence of this pneumonitis is due in great part to the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Also, because of advances in medical practice, the population of.
AB - During the past year, the number of deaths from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis in the United States exceeded the combined number of deaths from meningococcal infections, all types of viral hepatitis and encephalitis, gonorrhea, syphilis, varicella, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, amebiasis, shigellosis, salmonellosis, typhoid fever, typhus fevers, cholera, rabies, brucellosis, anthrax, tularemia, botulism, and malaria. More patients died of P. carinii pneumonitis than of all types of tuberculosis. The rapidly escalating prevalence of this pneumonitis is due in great part to the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Also, because of advances in medical practice, the population of.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198710153171608
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198710153171608
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 2958709
AN - SCOPUS:0023656484
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 317
SP - 1021
EP - 1023
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 16
ER -