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Survival in Immunocompromised Adults with Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: A Multicenter ID-IRI Study

Y. Çağ H. Caskurlu H. Ankarali Antonio Cascio Botond Lakatos Áron Lakatos R. Cernat A. Pekok E. Ramosaço S. Kulzhanova C. Oprea M. Lanzafame A. Hakamifard Hamed Azhdari Tehrani Nevin Ince R. Baljić Bilal Ahmad Rahimi Gökhan Vatansever M. Taşbakan Halenur Vural-Akbal R. Fernández C. Quiles Sevilay Alkan A. Harxhi Irina-Magdalena Dumitru Nesibe Korkmaz A. Al Naqbi T. Vieceli Gulden Eser-Karlidag R. Khedr G. Angioni F. Almajid R. D. del Vecchio A. Yardımcı Hakan Erdem
Sep 2026 · Mycopathologia · Vol 191 · 0 citations · 32 references
Medicine

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It is indicated that greater clinical severity and respiratory compromise are associated with increased mortality risk, underscoring the value of early recognition of high-risk patients to guide timely management.

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