Sweet's syndrome and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: Two sequelae of low-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-73

  Chowdhary, V ^a   Nityanand, S ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Pandey, R ^a   Dabadghao, S ^a,b  

^a Sanjay Gandhi Postgrad I of M S ^*  (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Low dose cytosine arabinoside; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Sweet's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTARABINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SWEET'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0033947219     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.9C177.x     Document Type: Article

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