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© 1995 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, NOT ON IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY AND IN THE ABSENCE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION

K. A. OIEN, A. BLACK, J. A. HUNTER and R. MADHOK

Department of Rheumatology, Gartnavel General Hospital West Glasgow NHS Trust, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0YN

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: R. Madhok, Department of Rheumatology, Gartnavel General Hospital, West Glasgow NHS Trust, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0YN.

We report a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, not on immunosuppressive therapy, and in the absence of human immunodeficiency virus infection; investigation revealed a CD4+ T-lymphopenia.

KEY WORDS: Pneumocystis carinii, Rheumatoid arthritis, Lymphopenia


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