Pneumocystis Pneumonia -- Los Angeles 1981

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In the period October 1980-May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California. Two of the patients died. All 5 patients had laboratory confirmed previous or current cytomegaloVirus (CMV) infection and candidal mucosal infection. Case reports of these patients follow.
• Subjects:
  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1981; v. 30, no. 21
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Early AIDS History
• Genre:
  Case Reports
• Place as Subject:
  Los Angeles, CA
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  21
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd96ec025f47797a24546bc68379845a03e20fd1aa4ec26086fed6364009b0de9948e977019ca2197ab85bad4c000d114ec87f472a096de9eac6fd30be998fa5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50022/cdc_50022_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 306.01 KB ]