Long-term Outcomes of Patients With HIV and Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era.
Brian P EplingMaura ManionArlene SirajuddinElizabeth LaidlawFrances GalindoMegan AndersonGregg RobyJoseph M RoccoAndrea LiscoVirginia SheikhJoseph A KovacsIrini SeretiPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
PCP remains an important opportunistic infection in the ART era. While it did not negatively affect CD4 reconstitution, it could pose an increased risk for incident cytomegalovirus disease with corticosteroid treatment and may cause residual pulmonary sequelae. These findings suggest that PCP and its treatment may contribute to long-term morbidity in PWH, even in the ART era.