TY - JOUR AU - Neres Norberg, Antonio AU - Melo Reis, Carlos Henrique AU - de Carvalho Queiroz, Margareth Maria AU - Ribeiro, Paulo César AU - Pile, Edwin AU - de Carvalho, Raimundo Wilson PY - 2009/12/02 Y2 - 2024/03/18 TI - Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with HIV infection from Hospitals of the Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. JF - Colombia Medica JA - Colomb Med VL - 40 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.25100/cm.v40i2.644 UR - https://colombiamedica.univalle.edu.co/index.php/comedica/article/view/644 SP - 213-217 AB - <strong><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Objetives:</span></strong> The authors investigated the P. jiroveci prevalence and the epidemiological pattern of individuals with HIV infection and pulmonary infection concomitantly.<br /> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Method:</span> </strong>Were collected 266 samples of bronchoalveolar lavae of the HIV infection patients from three hospitals from Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.<br /> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Results:</span> </strong>The overall prevalence of Pneumocystis jiroveci infection was 26.3%, been 18% in male and 8.3% in female. The sexes showed similar prevalence (26.8% in men and 25.3% in women) and considering the infection stratified by age category, except to female 10-15 years old group, all of them showed infection by the P. jiroveci.  Both measurements without significant differences (among sex, X<sup>2</sup>= 0,07; among age category, H=10,7, p>0,05) respectively. From this survey eight cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed, representing 3.0% of the total examined. ER -