Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplant recipients.

Discussed are incidence, predisposing factors, presenting symptoms, diagnostic and isolation procedures, and therapy of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplant recipients. A case is reported of a 46-year-old recipient of a cadaveric kidney, who develop P. carinii infection and was successfully treated with pentamidine isethionate.