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Disseminated granulomatous Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia masquerading as miliary tuberculosis

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The authors thank Dr. Tadafumi Shimizu, Department of Radiology, for providing an excellent radiological image for the present report, and SRL central laboratory for the special technical support in PCR assay on a pathology sample.

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Matsuo, K., Miyake, H., Iwatsubo, S. et al. Disseminated granulomatous Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia masquerading as miliary tuberculosis. Infection 51, 545–547 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01868-x

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