Successful treatment of severe pneumocystis pneumonia with clindamycin-primaquine in an HIV-negative patient

South Med J. 2009 Nov;102(11):1161-3. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181bab1ed.

Abstract

Pneumocystis pneumonia is an increasingly recognized threat in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients and is associated with worse outcomes compared to HIV-infected patients. The preferred first line treatment is trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; however, second line treatments for those intolerant of this regimen have been primarily studied in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of Pneumocystis pneumonia in a 75-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and a history of sulfa allergy successfully treated with clindamycin-primaquine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • HIV Seronegativity*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumocystis carinii / drug effects
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy*
  • Primaquine / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Clindamycin
  • Primaquine