Literature DB >> 24470890

Ockham's razor is not so sharp.

Mark A Lewis1, Kartik Agusala1, Yuval Raizen1.   

Abstract

A 39-year-old male with newly diagnosed HIV had cavitary pneumonia initially attributed to Pneumocystis jirovecii but actually caused by Rhodococcus equi. After neurological deterioration, he was found to have intracerebral lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii. This case underscores the inability to rely on the search for a unifying diagnosis (Ockham's Razor) in HIV-infected patients.

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Keywords:  Cavitary pneumonia; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Rhodococcus equi; Toxoplasma gondii.

Year:  2010        PMID： 24470890      PMCID： PMC3892585          DOI： 10.4081/idr.2010.e10

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Dis Rep        ISSN： 2036-7430


  20 in total

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Authors:  W D Perrymore; W J Milton
Journal:  Neuroradiology       Date:  1997-08       Impact factor: 2.804

Review 2.  Pneumocystis pneumonia.

Authors:  Charles F Thomas; Andrew H Limper
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  2004-06-10       Impact factor: 91.245

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Authors:  K Padmanabhan; S Vora
Journal:  West J Med       Date:  1992-12

4.  Rhodococcus lung abscess complicating kidney transplantation: successful management by combination antibiotic therapy.

Authors:  K C Tse; S C W Tang; T M Chan; K N Lai
Journal:  Transpl Infect Dis       Date:  2007-04-11       Impact factor: 2.228

5.  A 40-year-old man with cough and fever.

Authors:  Supriya Koya; Urvi Patel; Glen R Pinkston; Martín Rodríguez
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2007-06-01       Impact factor: 9.079

6.  Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: spectrum of parenchymal CT findings.

Authors:  J E Kuhlman; M Kavuru; E K Fishman; S S Siegelman
Journal:  Radiology       Date:  1990-06       Impact factor: 11.105

7.  Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with HIV infection: clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and radiological features.

Authors:  Takeshi Fujii; Tetsuya Nakamura; Aikichi Iwamoto
Journal:  J Infect Chemother       Date:  2007-02-26       Impact factor: 2.211

8.  Prognosis and clinical evaluation of infection caused by Rhodococcus equi in HIV-infected patients: a multicenter study of 67 cases.

Authors:  Manuel Torres-Tortosa; Julio Arrizabalaga; José L Villanueva; Juan Gálvez; María Leyes; M Eulalia Valencia; Juan Flores; José M Peña; Elisa Pérez-Cecilia; Carmen Quereda
Journal:  Chest       Date:  2003-06       Impact factor: 9.410

9.  Treatment of Toxoplasma brain abscess with clindamycin and sulfadiazine in an AIDS patient with concurrent atypical Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Authors:  Hung-Chin Tsai; Susan Shin-Jung Lee; Hsi-Hsun Lin; Wei-Ru Lin; Yao-Shen Chen; Chun-Kai Huang; Yung-Ching Liu; Eng-Rin Chen
Journal:  J Formos Med Assoc       Date:  2002-09       Impact factor: 3.282

10.  Brevibacterium casei bacteremia and line sepsis in a patient with AIDS.

Authors:  W M Janda; P Tipirneni; R M Novak
Journal:  J Infect       Date:  2003-01       Impact factor: 6.072
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