Table 1: Reasons for Failure to Improve with PCP Therapy

 

 

Paradoxical response (initial worsening with effective treatment)

 

Pneumothorax

 

Pulmonary edema

     Non-cardiogenic

     Cardiogenic

 

Undiagnosed or new infection

 

Pulmonary embolism

 

Alveolar hemorrhage

 

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

 

PCP treatment failure