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June 2006, Vol 96, No. 6 | American Journal of Public Health 980-981
© 2006 American Public Health Association

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Pneumocystis Pneumonia—Los Angeles

Michael S. Gottlieb

Note. This paper, from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of June 5, 1981, is reprinted in its entirety.

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


Figure 1
Michael S. Gottlieb, MD.

Courtesy of Linda Nelson.

In the period October 1980–May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California. Two of the patients died. All 5 patients had laboratory-confirmed previous or current cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and candidal mucosal infection. Case reports of these patients follow.

Patient 1: A previously healthy 33 y-old man developed P. carinii pneumonia and oral mucosal candidiasis in March 1981 after a 2-month history of fever associated with elevated liver enzymes, leukopenia, and CMV viruria. The serum complement-fixation CMV titer . . . [Full Text]

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