Laboratory Monitoring of Patients with HIV Infection
Patients with CD4+ T cell counts <200/L are at high risk of disease from P. jiroveci, while patients with CD4+ T cell counts <50/L are at high risk of disease from CMV, mycobacteria of the M. avium complex (MAC), and/or T. gondii. Patients with HIV infection should have CD4+ T cell measurements performed at the time of diagnosis and every 3&
Major cause of lower respiratory tract illness in infants and young children (up to 40% of pneumonia, 45% to 90% of bronchiolitis)
DIAGNOSIS
Viral culture: RVS grows well in several human cell lines, in which it causes formation of characteristic syncytia. Virus can be detected as early as 2 days and usually within 7 days on primary isolation from specimens collected from children.
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1. 정의
폐렴은 폐에 염증이 생긴 상태를 말하고, 폐렴은 세균에 의해서 발병하는 세균성 폐렴과 바이러스에 의해서 발병하는 바이러스성 폐렴이 있으나 바이러스성 폐렴이 대부분이다. 세균성 폐렴은 폐렴쌍구균, 연쇄상구균, 포도상구균, 폐렴간균 등이 일으키고 바이러스성 폐렴은 라이노바