Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during steroid taper in patients with primary brain tumors

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 216-219

  Slivka, Adam ^a,b   Wen, Patrick Y ^a,b   Shea, W Michael ^a,b   Loeffler, Jay S ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0027394716     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(93)90187-T     Document Type: Article

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