Bollée G; Sarfati C; Thiéry G; Bergeron A; de Miranda S; Menotti J; de Castro N; Tazi A; Schlemmer B; Azoulay E BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis pneumonia ... (89.3%) by CT. Of the 24 ICU patients ...

The fungal cell-wall component (1→3)ß-D-glucan can be present in the sera of individuals with overwhelming systemic fungal infection, including those with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP).