%0 Journal Article
%A Arriola, Gemma 
%A Cidoncha, Elena 
%A López-Herce Cid, Jesús
%A Rodríguez, Rosa 
%A Megía, Asunción 
%A Gurbindo, María Dolores 
%T Case 2: a previously healthy three-month-old baby with dyspnoea and expiratory grunting
%D 1999
%@ 0803-5253
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117263
%X Although Pneumocystis carinii is exceptional in immunocompetent children, it must be suspected in all cases of interstitial pneumonia with severe hypoxaemia and a poor clinical and radiological course, making the diagnosis by means of bronchoalveolar lavage. In severe cases, it is important to start empirical treatment with co-trimoxazole and steroids early, without waiting for microbiological confirmation, in order to reduce the high morbidity and mortality.
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