PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hasleton, P S
AU  - Curry, A
AU  - Rankin, E M
TI  - Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: a light microscopical and ultrastructural study.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.34.10.1138
DP  - 1981 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 1138--1146
VI  - 34
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/10/1138.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/10/1138.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1981 Oct 01; 34
AB  - A case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia developing a patient with treated diffuse lymphocytic lymphoma is described. The electron microscopic features and life cycle of the organism are illustrated. The patient died twenty-four hours after the biopsy had been taken. Septrin appeared to have affected the trophozoite stage. Pneumocystis carinii appears to induce interstitial pulmonary oedema and fibrosis. A discussion of the role of electron microscopy in early diagnosis of the disease is presented.