All issues > Volume 30(11); 1987

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(11):1274-1281. Published online November 30, 1987.

A Case of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia Associated with Cytomegalovirus Lung Infection.

K S Lee¹, Y O Lee¹, H J Park¹, M J Shin¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia has been highly prevalent in prematurity, malnourished infants and immunosuppressed patients. Since 1981, it has been by far the commonest opportunistic infection in AIDS. We experienced a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus lung infection in a 3 months old malnourished female orphan. She had been suffered from chronic diarrhea, losing body weight 2 kg in a month prior to admission. She also had chronic hacking cough over 20 days which was followed by sudden onset of tachypnea with hypoxemia, which continued getting worse into respiratory failure. 3 days later, she expired and autopsy was performed. Autopsy findings revealed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia assoicated with cytomegalovirus lung infection without any evidence of cytomegalovirus infection in the other organ. A brief review of revealed literatures was added.

Keywords :Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Cytomegalovirus.