Aerosolized pentamidine for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in children with cancer intolerant or allergic to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 258-261

  Mustafa, Mahmoud M ^a   Pappo, Alberto ^a,b   Cash, Jayne ^a   Winick, Naomi J ^a   Buchanan, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NAUSEA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0028012494     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1994.12.2.258     Document Type: Article

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