Case 9-1989: AIDS and a Cavitary Pulmonary Lesion

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 321, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 395-

  Small, Peter M ^a   Goodman, Philip C ^a   Montgomery, A Bruce ^b   Haglund, Lisa A ^c   Trotter, Joel A ^c   Slater, Leonard N ^c   Harris, Sandra L ^c   Rettig, Philip J ^c   Harkess, John R ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CAVITATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0024400508     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198908103210613     Document Type: Letter

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