Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a 15-year-old with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Eppinger, Thomas M ^a   Aronson, Jane E ^c   Fonacier, Luz S ^c   Cunningham Rundles, Charlotte ^b  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCLA Children's Hospital 22387 MDCC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; CANDIDIASIS, CHRONIC MUCOCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032868748     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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