Primary Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis with aerosolized pentamidine after bone marrow transplantation

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-56

  Machado, C M ^a,c   Macedo, M C A ^a   Medeiros, R S S ^a   Massumoto, C ^a   Silva, A C M ^a   Castelli, J B ^b   Silva, R L ^a   Ostronoff, M ^a   Dulley, F L ^a  

^a Pró Sangue Foundation Institute for Investigation in Immunology Iii INCT   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031985810     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040719     Document Type: Article

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