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Although both cause opportunistic infections, it is rare to have a co-infection in a non-human immunodeficiency virus carrier.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>An 84-year-old woman with hemolytic anemia referred because of acute respiratory failure. She had received prednisolone without PJ pneumonia prevention. She developed dyspnea and desaturation while eating, and thus was treated based on a presumptive diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. Physical examination revealed a vesicular rash on the left side of her neck suggesting herpes zoster infection. Polymerase chain reaction of her sputum for PJ and VZV was positive, which confirmed a diagnosis of pneumonia due to PJ and VZV co-infection. 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