Nodular granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a bone marrow transplant recipient. Case report

APMIS

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 363-366

  Leroy, Xavier ^a,b   Copin, Marie Christine ^a   Ramon, Philippe ^a   Jouet, Jean Pierre ^a   Gosselin, Bernard ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Granulomatous reaction; Lung; Pneumocystis carinii; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033918017     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2000.d01-69.x     Document Type: Article

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