• Transpl Infect Dis · Feb 2013

    Case Reports

    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as treatment for acute respiratory failure and subsequent pneumothorax caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a kidney transplant recipient.

    • Y-S Wu, N-C Lin, I-M Chen, S-C Chang, F-D Wang, Y-C Huang, T-H Wu, and C-C Loong.
    • Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 1;15(1):E5-8.

    AbstractAcute respiratory failure (ARF) accompanied by pneumothorax caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is often fatal. We present our experience using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as treatment for ARF and subsequent pneumothorax caused by PJP in a kidney transplant recipient.© 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

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