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• TITLE: Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Female Patient

  AUTHORS: Lamyae Amro, Ghizlane Hamzaoui, Hafsa Sajiai, Hind Serhane, Abdelhaq Alaoui Yazidi

  KEYWORDS: Pneumocystosis, Pneumocystis jiroveci, Immunocompetent

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.3 No.7, July 23, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: The pneumocystosis is an infection caused by a saprophytic germ Pneumocystis jiroveci. It is exceptional in immunocompetent patients. Case report: This is a 30-year-old patient, admitted to the service for an acute respiratory failure. She was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis 6 months ago. The review has objectified clinique cyanosis of the lips and extremities with a blood pressure 120/70 mmHg, a heart rate of 70 bats/min, a temperature of 38°C and SaO2 to 82% in the open air. The chest radiograph objectified reticulonodular opacities on the right. The patient was put under bi-broad-spectrum antibiotics. Due to the non improvement of the patient’s state, the search for Pneumocystis jiroveci in induced sputum was made and it was positive. The search for a field of immunosuppression was negative.