Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV and AIDS Patients with Pulmonary Symptom
PCP is one of the most common opportunistic infection in HIV and AIDS patients. A definitive diagnosis of PCP in HIV and AIDS patients in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya has not been previously done. A definitive diagnosis have the role in the therapy and to prevent the illness as well. PCP...
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Airlangga University Press
2012
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| Summary: | PCP is one of the most common opportunistic infection in HIV and AIDS patients. A definitive diagnosis of PCP in HIV and AIDS
patients in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya has not been previously done. A definitive diagnosis have the role in the therapy and
to prevent the illness as well. PCP is diagnosed by using a microscope to indentify Pneumocystis jerovecii in the lung fluid or tisuue. The
objective of this study was to know how to detect Pneumocystis jerovecii in the sputum samples and to know the determination of the
prevalence of PCP in HIV and AIDS patients suffered with pulmonary symptom who were hospitalized in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital
Surabaya. This research was carried out by a cross sectional study utilizing waste sputum samples from HIV and AIDS patients. The
detection of Pneumocystis jerovecii used Giemsa stain. Six sputum samples among 18 sputum samples (33.33%) HIV and AIDS patients
were Pneumocystis jerovecii positive. Based on this findings HIV and AIDS patients with pulmonary symptoms should be suspect having
the possibility of PCP as opportunity infection in HIV and AIDS existed, and there for the detection of the Pneumocystis jerovecii in sputum
sample must becoming routinelycarried out in the laboratory examination for HIV and AIDS patients which also suffering pulmonary
symptom. |
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