Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a child receiving ACTH for infantile spasms

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 286-289

  Dunagan, Donnie P ^a   Rubin, Bruce K ^a   Fasano, Mary B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Infection; Pneumonia; Seizures; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN[4-10]; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LETHARGY; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0032901876     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199904)27:4<286::AID-PPUL11>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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