Prognostic implication of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia without human immunodeficiency virus infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prognostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid analysis in non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) has not been well elucidated. We aimed to investigate the prognostic implication of BAL fluid analysis in non-HIV patients with PJP.

Methods

The data of 178 non-HIV patients diagnosed with PJP based on the results of the polymerase chain reaction assay of BAL fluid specimens between April 2018 and December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, and BAL fluid analysis results of patients who died within 90 days after hospital admission were compared.

Results

Twenty patients (11.2%) died within 90 days from admission. The neutrophil count in B

SUBMITTER: Chung C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233854 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature