非HIV人群感染耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎的诊治研究进展CSCD

耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎(Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia,PJP)是由耶氏肺孢子菌(Pneumocystis jirovecii,PJ)引起的急性或亚急性肺炎,最初可能表现为呼吸困难,发热,干咳,严重时导致死亡[1]。它是一种机会性感染,发生于免疫功能缺陷或低下的宿主,是人类免疫缺陷病毒(human immunodeficiency virus,HIV)最常见的并发症之一,也常发生于血液系统恶性肿瘤、实体肿瘤、实体器官或造血干细胞移植、自身免疫性疾病、炎症性疾病及治疗使用免疫抑制剂、化疗药物、生物制剂的非HIV免疫低下人群。     

耶氏肺孢子菌与宿主免疫防御相互作用

肺孢子菌肺炎(Pneumocystis pneumonia,PCP)是由酵母样真菌耶氏肺孢子菌(Pneumocystis jirovecii,Pj)引起的肺炎,是免疫缺陷患者重要的致死原因。Pj一般不导致系统性感染,仅在肺部繁殖,引发严重损害肺换气功能的间质性肺炎。Pj通过主要表面糖蛋白(major surface glycoprotein,MSG)的抗原转换,逃避宿主免疫系统清除,而宿主利用dectin-1识别β-(1,3)-D-葡聚糖(beta-1,3-D-glucan,BG)、甘露糖受体识别MSG,启动天然免疫反应,继而CD4+T细胞聚集活化,调控细胞免疫和体液免疫。分泌干扰素γ的细胞毒型CD8+Tc1细胞有助于控制Pj感染,特异性抗体有助于调理加强吞噬细胞清除Pj,而聚集的中性粒细胞和非Tc1CD8+T细胞与肺损伤有关。血浆BG水平可以辅助诊断PCP,而支气管肺泡灌洗液中白介素8的水平与肺损伤及死亡预后有关。     

非HIV相关卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎(NH-PCP)患者的临床特点分析

目的:采用病例对照研究的方法,总结非-HIV相关卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎(NH-PCP)的临床特点,为此类患者的临床诊治提供经验.方法:回顾性分析了302医院住院的NH-PCP患者,及在Pubmed、CHKD和万方数据库中检索到的NH-PCP患者共202例,选择65例HIV相关卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎(HIV-PCP)患者作为对照研究,比较分析前者在临床表现、病程、预防、治疗及预后等方面的特征,为今后此类疾病的临床诊治提供经验.结果:与HIV-PCP组对比,NH-PCP组采用预防性治疗的比例低(5.24％ vs.29.2％,P＜0.001);确诊后开始抗感染治疗的时间晚(5.19±0.95天VS.1.1±0.27天,P＜0.005);两组患者应用激素治疗的比例无统计学差异(69.3％ vs.76.9％,P=0.238),病死率无统计学差异(36.6％ vs.27.7％,P=0.487).结论:NH-PCP组患者采取预防治疗的比例低,开始抗感染治疗的时间也较HIV-PVP延迟.这提示我们,重视NH-PCP的风险预测,给予积极的预防治疗及PCP经验性早期治疗至关重要.     

艾滋病合并卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎的诊断方法研究进展

卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎是由卡氏肺孢子菌引起的一种呼吸系统机会性感染,作为AIDS、器官移植、肿瘤、化疗等免疫功能低下患者的并发症越来越突出,对其做出正确、及时的诊断也越来越重要。该文就卡氏肺孢子菌的病原学及PCP的实验诊断、影像学诊断方法的研究概况和进展作一综述。     

20例耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎的临床特点及宏基因组二代测序在其诊断中的价值

目的 分析PJP的临床特征及高危因素,并探讨NGS在PJP诊断中的价值,以及PJP患者可能的预后指标。方法 收集2020年4月—2021年12月我科收治的20例PJP患者的临床资料,分析临床特点,比较治疗前后实验室指标差异及不同检测方法在诊断中的价值。结果 20例患者肺泡灌洗液NGS均提示肺孢子菌感染,血G试验阳性率90%,病原学涂片及培养阳性率为0。经抗PJP治疗后14例患者获得临床缓解,治疗前后外周血淋巴细胞计数差异具有统计学意义。结论 mNGS在PJP诊断中有较高参考价值,灵敏度明显高于常规病原学涂片及培养。相比G试验,NGS不仅可以识别感染病原菌并且灵敏度极高,具有明显优势。此外,外周血淋巴细胞与疾病的恢复正相关,可作为PJP患者预后的实验室标志之一。     

复方磺胺甲噁唑联合卡泊芬净治疗耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎疗效与安全性的Meta分析

目的 系统评估复方磺胺甲噁唑(TMP/SMZ)与卡泊芬净联合对耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎(Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, PJP)的治疗效果和安全性。方法 搜索PubMed、Embase、Cochrane library、CBM、知网、万方、维普中,TMP/SMZ联合卡泊芬净治疗PJP的临床随机对照试验,进行Meta分析,结局指标为总有效率、不良反应发生率,使用RevMan5.4软件统计分析。结果 共纳入20项研究,PJP患者共1 802例。Meta分析结果显示,相较TMP/SMZ单药治疗,TMP/SMZ联合卡泊芬净治疗PJP的有效率显著提高[RR=1.29,95%CI(1.22,1.37),P<0.00001],且不增加药物不良反应发生率[RR=0.91,95%CI(0.79,1.05),P=0.21>0.05]。结论 TMP/SMZ联合卡泊芬净治疗PJP的效果优于TMP/SMZ单药治疗,且不增加药物不良反应,推荐临床使用。     

艾滋病合并肺孢子菌肺炎1例

本文报道1例通过肺组织活检明确诊断的艾滋病合并肺孢子菌肺炎(Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia,PCP)病例,结合文献复习,分析艾滋病合并PCP的病理学特点及临床诊治措施。本例患者经实验室检查确诊为艾滋病,通过气管镜肺活检取得肺组织标本,组织病理学诊断为PCP,给予复方磺胺甲唑治疗后病情好转。PCP多见于艾滋病等免疫缺陷患者,临床上表现为间质性肺炎,提高对该病的认识并尽早进行病原学检测是确诊的关键。尽早使用复方磺胺甲唑等有效药物是改善预后的主要措施。     

人肺孢子菌肺炎治愈1例

1 资料与方法 1.1 临床资料 患者,男性,36岁,因间断发热伴活动后气短1月余就诊。患者1个月前“感冒”后出现胸闷、活动后喘憋,休息后缓解。伴间断发热。当地医院给予先锋必和阿齐霉素静滴20余天,效果不佳。10余天前咳嗽、咳痰加重,痰色白,量少,不黏,易咳出,无咳血。伴双肋部胸痛,与咳嗽有关。仍间断发热,体温最高39．7℃,伴膝关节、后背部游走性疼痛。既往史：1998年肾活检确诊为慢性肾小球肾炎,膜性增生性肾小球肾炎,IgA肾病（Ⅳ～Ⅴ级）,慢性肾功能不全（代偿期）。     

肺孢子菌肺炎辅助诊断方法研究进展

肺孢子菌肺炎是AIDS、器官移植受者、抗肿瘤放、化疗等各类继发或原发性免疫机能低下人群最常见的机会感染性疾病。通过显微镜检发现肺孢子菌是诊断肺孢子菌肺炎的金标准。但是,由于肺孢子菌主要寄生于肺泡腔内,目前临床采用的病原学检测方法或受到创伤性取材方法的限制或受病原体检出率极低的困惑。而目前盛行的基因检测方法因其操作过程的复杂及昂贵的费用难以适应临床应用。探索和建立敏感、特异的、可以从非创伤性标本中诊断肺孢子菌肺炎的快速诊断方法为临床之急需。学者们对肺孢子菌的主要表面糖蛋白及葡聚糖等菌体组分及其抗体等的检测方法进行了不断的探索,取得了一定进展。我们就该领域的研究进展及其在肺孢子菌肺炎辅助诊断方面的意义进行了综述。     

大剂量氨溴索联合头孢哌酮钠对卡氏肺孢子菌肺炎(PcP)的临床疗效分析

目的:探讨大剂量氨溴索联合头孢哌酮钠对卡氐肺孢子菌肺炎的临床疗效。方法:选取我院收治的肺孢子菌肺炎患者68例,按照随机数字表法分组,对照组34例予以小剂量新诺明治疗;研究组34例在对照组基础上予以大剂量氨溴索联合头孢哌酮钠治疗,记录并比较两组临床症状、动脉血气分析、血清细胞因子水平、临床疗效及并发症的发生情况。结果:照组临床总有效率(70.59%)显著低于研究组(91.18%),差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与对照组比,研究组临床症状缓解时间较短,治疗后PaO_2、PaO_2/FiO_2、SaO_2较高,血清IL-10、IFN-γ、IL-8、IL-23水平较低,差异均具有统计学意义(P0.05);两组患者均无恶性不良反应发生,存在轻微的恶心,呕吐等胃肠道反应,两组间不良反映的发生率对比无显著性差异(P0.05)。结论:大剂量氨溴索联合头孢哌酮钠对卡氐肺孢子菌肺炎疗效好,安全性高。     

The impact of cytomegalovirus infection on clinical severity and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), but its impact on clinical severity and outcomes in KTRs with PJP is unknown. We reviewed 1994 medical records of KTRs from January 1997 to March 2019. PJP or CMV infection was diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction or culturing using blood or respiratory specimens. We divided patients into PJP and PJP+CMV groups, and evaluated the clinical severity and outcomes. Fifty two patients had PJP (2.6%) in the whole study cohort. Among patients with PJP, 38 (73.1%) had PJP alone and 14 (26.9%) had combined PJP and CMV co-infection. The PJP+CMV group showed worse laboratory findings (serum albumin and C-reactive protein, P = 0.010 for both) and higher requirement of continuous renal replacement therapy than the PJP group (P = 0.050). The pneumonia severity was worse in the PJP+CMV group than in the PJP group (P < 0.05), and CMV infection was a high risk factor of pneumonia severity (odds ratio 16.0; P = 0.002). The graft function was worse in the PJP+CMV group (P < 0.001), and the incidence of graft failure was higher in the PJP+CMV group than in the PJP group (85.7% vs 36.8%; P < 0.001). Mortality was double in the PJP+CMV group than in the PJP group, but not statistically significant (21.4% vs 10.5%; P = 0.370). Our results show that approximately one in four patients with PJP after kidney transplantation develops CMV with increased clinical severity and risk of graft failure. The possibility of increased clinical severity and worse clinical outcomes by CMV co-infection should be considered in KTRs with PJP.     

Molecular diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia

The detection of Pneumocystis DNA in clinical specimens by using PCR assays is leading to important advances in Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) clinical diagnosis, therapy and epidemiology. Highly sensitive and specific PCR tools improved the clinical diagnosis of PcP allowing an accurate, early diagnosis of Pneumocystis infection, which should lead to a decreased duration from onset of symptoms to treatment, a period with recognized impact on prognosis. This aspect has marked importance in HIV-negative immunocompromised patients, who develop often PcP with lower parasite rates than AIDS patients. The specific amplification of selected polymorphous sequences of Pneumocystis jirovecii genome, especially of internal transcribed spacer regions of the nuclear rRNA operon, has led to the identification of specific parasite genotypes which might be associated with PcP severity. Moreover, multi-locus genotyping revealed to be a useful tool to explore person-to-person transmission. Furthermore, PCR was recently used for detecting P. jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations, which are apparently associated with sulfa drug resistance. PCR assays detected Pneumocystis-DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or biopsy specimens, but also in oropharyngeal washings obtained by rinsing of the mouth. This non-invasive procedure may reach 90%-sensitivity and has been used for monitoring the response to treatment in AIDS patients and for typing Pneumocystis isolates.     

Absence of dihydropteroate synthase mutations in Pneumocystis jirovecii from Brazilian AIDS patients

Several studies from developed countries have documented the association between trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis failure and mutations in the Pneumocystis jirovecii gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). DNA was extracted from Giemsa-stained smears of 70 patients with P. jirovecii pneumonia seen in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 1997 to 2004. Successful PCR amplification of the DHPS locus was obtained in 57 of 70 cases (81.4%), including five cases (8.7%) that had used sulfa prophylaxis. No DHPS gene mutations were seen. These results suggest that DHPS mutations are currently as rare in Brazil as in other developing countries.     

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in developing countries

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a serious fungal infection among immunocompromised patients. In developed countries, the epidemiology and clinical spectrum of PcP have been clearly defined and well documented. However, in most developing countries, relatively little is known about the prevalence of pneumocystosis. Several articles covering African, Asian and American countries were reviewed in the present study. PcP was identified as a frequent opportunistic infection in AIDS patients from different geographic regions. A trend to an increasing rate of PcP was apparent in developing countries from 2002 to 2010.     

Spatiotemporal Clusters and Trends of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Korea

This study determined the recent status and trend of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) in the non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (non-HIV-PcP) and HIV (HIV-PcP) infected populations using data from the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). SaTScan and Joinpoint were used for statistical analyses. Non-HIV-PcP cases showed an upward trend during the study period from 2010 to 2021, with the largest number in 2021 (551 cases). The upward trend was similar until 2020 after adjusting for the population. Seoul had the highest number of cases (1,597) in the non-HIV-PcP group, which was the same after adjusting for the population (162 cases/1,000,000). It was followed by Jeju-do (89 cases/1,000,000). The most likely cluster (MLC) for the non-HIV-PCP group was Seoul (Relative Risk (RR)=4.59, Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR)=825.531), followed by Jeju-do (RR=1.59, LLR=5.431). An upward trend was observed among the non-HIV-PcP group in the Jeju-do/Jeollanam-do/Jeollabuk-do/Gyeongsangnam-do/Busan/Daejeon/Daegu/Ulsan joint cluster (29.02%, LLR=11.638, P<0.001) located in the southern part of Korea. Both women and men in the non-HIV groups showed an overall upward trend of PcP during the study period. Men in the 60–69 age group had the highest annual percentage change (APC 41.8) during 2014–2019. In contrast, the HIV groups showed a falling trend of PcP recently. Men in the 60–69 age group had the most decrease (APC −17.6) during 2018–2021. This study provides an analytic basis for health measures and a nationwide epidemiological surveillance system for the management of PcP.     

Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease, the pathogenesis of which remains incompletely understood. Colonization with Pneumocystis jirovecii may play a role in COPD pathogenesis; however, the mechanisms by which such colonization contributes to COPD are unknown. The objective of this study was to determine lung gene expression profiles associated with Pneumocystis colonization in patients with COPD to identify potential key pathways involved in disease pathogenesis. Using COPD lung tissue samples made available through the Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC), Pneumocystis colonization status was determined by nested PCR. Microarray gene expression profiles were performed for each sample and the profiles of colonized and non‐colonized samples compared. Overall, 18 participants (8.5%) were Pneumocystis‐colonized. Pneumocystis colonization was associated with fold increase in expression of four closely related genes: INF‐γ and the three chemokine ligands CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11. These ligands are chemoattractants for the common cognate receptor CXCR3, which is predominantly expressed on activated Th1 T‐lymphocytes. Although these ligand–receptor pairs have previously been implicated in COPD pathogenesis, few initiators of ligand expression and subsequent lymphocyte trafficking have been identified: our findings implicate Pneumocystis as a potential trigger. The finding of upregulation of these inflammatory genes in the setting of Pneumocystis colonization sheds light on infectious‐immune relationships in COPD.     

Genetic Polymorphisms of Pneumocystis Jirovecii in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Patients in Northern China

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus that can cause severe and potentially fatal Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunodeficient patients. In this study, we investigated the genetic polymorphisms of P. jirovecii at eight different loci, including six nuclear genes (ITS, 26S rRNA, sod, dhps, dhfr and β-Tub) and two mitochondrial genes (mtLSU-rRNA and cyb) in three PCP cases, including two patients with HIV infection and one without HIV infection in Shanxi Province, P.R. China. The gene targets were amplified by PCR followed by sequencing of plasmid clones. The HIV-negative patient showed a coinfection with two genotypes of P. jirovecii at six of the eight loci sequenced. Of the two HIV-positive patients, one showed a coinfection with two genotypes of P. jirovecii at the same two of the six loci as in the HIV-negative patient, while the other showed a single infection at all eight loci sequenced. None of the three drug target genes (dhfr, dhps and cyb) showed mutations known to be potentially associated with drug resistance. This is the first report of genetic polymorphisms of P. jirovecii in PCP patients in Shanxi Province, China. Our findings expand our understanding of the genetic diversity of P. jirovecii in China. Open in a separate window     

Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in chronic pulmonary disease

Pneumocystis jirovecii causes pneumonia in immunosuppressed individuals. However, it has been reported the detection of low levels of Pneumocystis DNA in patients without signs and symptoms of pneumonia, which likely represents colonization. Several studies performed in animals models and in humans have demonstrated that Pneumocystis induces a local and a systemic response in the host. Since P jirovecii colonization has been found in patients with chronic pulmonary diseases it has been suggested that P jirovecii may play a role in the physiopathology and progression of those diseases. In this report we revise P. jirovecii colonization in different chronic pulmonary diseases such us, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung diseases, cystic fibrosis and lung cancer.