Nuclear medicine imaging of infection has two major indications:(a) the localization of a
focus of infection in patients with fever of unknown origin; in this context the radio …

Infection continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nuclear
medicine has an important role in aiding the diagnosis of particularly deep-seated infections …

Background: Pneumocystis cariniipneumonia (PCP) occurs in immunocompromised
patients without the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). There has been an …

There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial therapies to combat drug resistance, new
pathogens, and the relative inefficacy of current therapy in compromised hosts. Ionizing …

D ESPITE the availability of effective medical therapy and prophylactic treatments against
infection with Pneumocystis carinii, the organism remains a formidable pathogen in the …

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Background Pneumocystis jirovecii remains an important cause of fatal pneumonia
(Pneumocystis pneumonia or PcP) in HIV+ patients and other immunocompromised hosts …

We have purified and biochemically analyzed individual cell wall glycoproteins of
Pneumocystis carinii. Our results show that corresponding core glycoproteins constitute the …

The field of infectious diseases is in crisis and there is a need for strategies that can facilitate
the rapid development of new antimicrobial agents. Radioimmunotherapy (RIT), a …

The clinical presentation and diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) in human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients can be challenging for several reasons …