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SUBMITTER: Zhang FZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301693 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Fei Zhou FZ Yuan Jie Xin JX Qin Lu L Tang Lan Fang LF
Frontiers in pediatrics 20200611
<b>Background:</b> Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare diffuse lung disease. Reports of rare cases of PAP due to <i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> (<i>P. jirovecii</i>) exist in infants with immunodeficiency diseases, but no cases have been reported to date in pediatric patients with type 1 hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM1). <b>Case Presentation:</b> Herein, we present a case of PAP secondary to <i>P. jirovecii</i> on an infant with HIGM1. He was admitted to our unit because of cough and tachypn ...[more]