RT Journal
A1 Brazinsky JH, Phillips JE
T1 PNeumocystis pneumonia transmission between patients with lymphoma
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD September 8
VO 209
IS 10
SP 1527
OP 1527
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160230061021
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160230061021
AB To the Editor:— 
    Two patients with malignancy of the lymphoreticular system were hospitalized in adjacent beds. The first patient (case 1) had Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia of unknown source, and in the second patient (case 2) the condition developed after the patient was hospitalized.These cases add support to the concept of man to man transmission of carinii and suggest that the diagnosis be considered in patients with an altered immune response who show signs of pneumonia. Furthermore they suggest that a patient with carinii pneumonia be isolated from other susceptible patients.Pneumocystis carinii can cause pneumonia in patients with an altered immune response due to primary immunologic deficiency or malignancy of the lymphoreticular system and its treatment. Transmission between people has been reported in only a few instances.1-6 Two patients with malignancy of the lymphoreticular system treated with radiation therapy, steroids in large doses, and other chemotherapeutic agents had