Organizing pneumonia appearing in B-cell chronic leukemia malignancy progression - a case report.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are at risk of infectious diseases of respiratory system because of immunodeficiency. Occurrence of organizing pneumonia in leukemic patients is most commonly correlated with bone marrow transplant or treatment with antimitotic agents. There have been only four reported cases of organizing pneumonia related solitarily to leukemia or lymphoma.

[Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected patients with cytomegalovirus co-infection. Two case reports and a literature review].

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is one of the infectious lung diseases diagnosed in HIV-infected patients. The pathogen responsible for the development of this opportunistic infection is an atypical fungus called Pneumocystis jiroveci. PCP remains the most common disorder diagnosed at the onset of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), especially in individuals not aware of their HIV infection.