TY  - JOUR
T1  - PNeumocystis pneumonia transmission between patients with lymphoma
AU  - Brazinsky JH, Phillips JE
Y1  - 1969/09/08
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160230061021
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1527
EP  - 1527
VL  - 209
IS  - 10
N2  - 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
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160230061021
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160230061021
ER  -