Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis in patients with cancer

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 857-867

  Hughes, Walter T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PENTAMIDINE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PREDNISONE; PRIMAQUINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETREXATE; TRIMETREXATE GLUCURONATE; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SIDE EFFECT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030419673     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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