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case_images: Chest X-ray demonstrating bilateral pulmonary infiltrates caused by pneumocystis pneumonia.
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case_images: F1
case_images: C-reactive protein (268 mg/l), and lactate dehydrogenase was 763 U/l. Chest X-ray showed bilateral interstitial infiltrates (Figure 1).
case_images: Grocott-Gomori's methenamine silver stain of sputum specimen showing "cup shaped" Pneumocystis jirovecii cysts in small aggregates.
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case_images: F2
case_images: An induced sputum sample was negative for bacterial and viral pathogens [culture and broad panel polymerase chain reaction (PCR)] but revealed P. jirovecii on silver stain (Figure 2).