Deficiency of mannose-binding lectin is a risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a natural history cohort of people living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Thailand.

Kunio YanagisawaNuanjun WichukchindaNaho TsuchiyaMichio YasunamiArchawin RojanawiwatHidenori TanakaHiroh SajiYoshiyuki OgawaHiroshi HandaPanita PathipvanichKoya AriyoshiPathom Sawanpanyalert

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Deficiency of MBL expression is a strong risk factor determining the incidence of PCP but not other major OIs.

Keyphrases

hiv aids
risk factors
antiretroviral therapy
poor prognosis
binding protein
replacement therapy
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
intensive care unit
long non coding rna
respiratory failure
smoking cessation
transcription factor
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation