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Table 5 Immunosuppressive treatment (corticosteroids and/or cytotoxic chemotherapy) in the Pneumocystis pneumonia group with at least one Herpesviridae detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid sample

From: Pulmonary co-infections by Pneumocystis jirovecii and Herpesviridae: a seven-year retrospective study

PCP patients with at least

one Herpesviridae (n = 54)

Immunosuppressive treatment

n

%

EBV (n = 17)

13

76.4

HSV-1 (n = 5)

1

20

CMV (n = 4)

3

75

VZV (n = 2)

0

0

EBV + HSV-1 (n = 12)

4

33.3

EBV + CMV (n = 7)

2

28.6

CMV + HSV-1 (n = 4)

2

50

EBV + CMV + HSV-1 (n = 3)

1

33.3

  1. CMV, Cytomegalovirus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; HSV1, Herpes simplex viruses type 1; PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia; VZV, Varicella zoster virus