Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Kulke, Matthew H ^a   Vance, Estil A ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030858392     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514542     Document Type: Article

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