Unsuspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at presentation of severe primary immunodeficiency

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-147

  Berrington, Janet E ^a   Flood, Terrence J ^a   Abinun, Mario ^a   Galloway, Angela ^b   Cant, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumonia; Severe combined immunodeficiency

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BUDESONIDE; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034026027     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.2.144     Document Type: Article

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