Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia and Mucosal Candidiasis in Previously Healthy Homosexual Men: Evidence of a New Acquired Cellular Immunodeficiency

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 305, Issue 24, 1981, Pages 1425-1431

  Gottlieb, Michael S ^a   Schroff, Robert ^a   Schanker, Howard M ^a   Weisman, Joel D ^a   Fan, Peng Thim ^a   Wolf, Robert A ^a   Saxon, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FUNGUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERAPY; THYMUS;

EID: 0019782357     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198112103052401     Document Type: Article

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