Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in an immunocompetent infant with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-186

  Leung, T F ^a   Ng, P C ^a   Fok, T F ^a   Wong, M C K ^a   Wong, W ^a   Cheung, K L ^a   So, K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Malnutrition; Pneumocystis carinii; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RISK FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0034079082     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050078     Document Type: Article

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