International Journal of STD & AIDS 1992; 3: 285-287
SHORT PAPER
Empirically treated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in London, 1983-1989 E J Beck MFPHM1, P D French MRCP2, M H Helbert MRCP3, D S Robinson MRCP4 , F M Moss MRCP4 , J R W Harris FRCP2, A J Pinching FRCP3 and D M Mitchell FRCp4 lAcademic Department of Public Health and Departments of 2Genitourinary Medicine, 3Immunology and 4Respiratory Medicine, St Mary's Hospital and Medical School, Praed Street, London W2, UK Summary: For 227 episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) treated at St Mary's between 1983 and 1989, factors predictive of fatal outcome were age, haemoglobin levels, peripheral lymphocyte count and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient. Case fatality for the 47 empirically-treated episodes was significantly higher compared with the 180 cytologically proven episodes (55% vs 18%, x2 = 25 .7, P
SHORT PAPER
Empirically treated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in London, 1983-1989 E J Beck MFPHM1, P D French MRCP2, M H Helbert MRCP3, D S Robinson MRCP4 , F M Moss MRCP4 , J R W Harris FRCP2, A J Pinching FRCP3 and D M Mitchell FRCp4 lAcademic Department of Public Health and Departments of 2Genitourinary Medicine, 3Immunology and 4Respiratory Medicine, St Mary's Hospital and Medical School, Praed Street, London W2, UK Summary: For 227 episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) treated at St Mary's between 1983 and 1989, factors predictive of fatal outcome were age, haemoglobin levels, peripheral lymphocyte count and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient. Case fatality for the 47 empirically-treated episodes was significantly higher compared with the 180 cytologically proven episodes (55% vs 18%, x2 = 25 .7, P
