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Electronic Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases ›› 2023, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2): 91-95.doi: 10.19871/j.cnki.xfcrbzz.2023.02.020

• Guidelines and Consensus • Previous Articles    

Interpretation of Expert consensus on imaging diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome associated pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Qu Jing, Liu Jinxin   

  1. Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Eight Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Guangzhou 510080, China
  • Received:2022-12-10 Online:2023-04-30 Published:2023-05-19

Abstract: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is a worldwide opportunistic infection disease. Imaging technology had proven to be very useful in early detecting, evaluating and surveillance on chemotherapy. For promoting the diagnosis and treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in our country can be worked correctly and effectively, safely and widely, the expert group use the guide of evidence-based medicine and the requirements of standard methodology to formulate Expert consensus on imaging diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. The interpretation of this expert consensus combines relevant studies,and includes the disease etiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestation, laboratory examination, clinical diagnosis and differential diagnosis. We hope that it can improve clinicians' understanding of the disease.

Key words: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, Imaging diagnosis, Expert consensus, Interpretion

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