Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is an important opportunistic infection in HIV-intracted patients and other immune system disorders. Diagnosis of PCP remains a challenge because the clinical symptoms, reutine laboratory and rediological examinations are not typical. The proven diagnosis must be performed by finding P. Jiroved in histopathologic preparations with conventional or immunocytochemical …
Asthmatic patients have a specific patterm of airway inflamation that underlies the clinical features. Corticosteroids known to be useful for controling asthma and have a mojor effect in reducting inflammation of the airway well, suppress the expression of various genes in the airway inflamation and repair the bronhial hyperresponsiveness. However, a few asthmatic patients show a poor or absent…
Pneumocystis penumonia (PCP) is an important opportunistic infection in HIV –infected patientsand other immune system disorders. Diagnosis of PCP remains a challenge becaus the clinical symptoms, routine laboratory and radiological examinations are not typical. The proven diagnosis must be performed by finding P. Jiroved in histopathologic preparations with conventional or immunocytochemical …
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (V AP) continues to complicate the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV). The VAP is associated with excess morbidity, increasing intensive care unit (ICU)/hospital stay and patient costs. The etiologic agents widely differ depend on the !..opulation of patients, duration of hospital stay and prior antimicrobial therapy. Rapid identificatio…