An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia: Initial Manifestation of Cellular Immune Dysfunction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 305, Issue 24, 1981, Pages 1431-1438

  Masur, Henry ^a   Michelis, Mary Ann ^a   Greene, Jeffrey B ^a   Onorato, Ida ^a   Vande Stouwe, Robert A ^a   Holzman, Robert S ^a   Wormser, Gary ^a   Brettman, Lee ^a   Lange, Michael ^a   Murray, Henry W ^a   Cunningham Rundles, Susanna ^a  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RADIOISOTOPE; THYMIDINE C 14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

EID: 0019774135     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198112103052402     Document Type: Article

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