No evidence of PCP transmission from AIDS to non-AIDS patients. (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

A retrospective study finds that the overall attack rate of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in non-AIDS patients has not increased during the AIDS epidemic.

This finding argues against the fear that AIDS patients pose a threat to other immunocompromised patients.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, New York, researchers Kent A. Sepkowitz et al. performed a 12-year retrospective review of non-AIDS-related PCP cases at their institution. They report their results in the February 12,1992, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (267:832-7).

Of the 142 cases …