A study of a patient with non-HIV pneumocystis pneumonia who required admission to the intensive care unit for treatment
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- non-HIV pneumocystis pneumonia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000047294
- Lead Sponsor
- Tokyo Women's Medical University
- Brief Summary
There were 12 eligible patients during the study period. All of them had diffuse bilateral ground-glass opacity on chest CT upon admission to the ICU, and their blood Beta-D glucan levels were also high. The diagnosis was confirmed by sputum fluorescent antibody or PCR. The median stay in the ICU was 7.5 days, and 6 patients required intubation for ventilation, 2 of whom underwent tracheostomy. 90 days after ICU admission, 10 patients were alive and 2 died.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 12
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients deemed unsuitable as subjects by the principal investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method