Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia with an Atypical Granulomatous Response in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 41, Issue 42067, 2001, Pages 435-438

  Oki, Yasuhiro ^a   Kami, Masahiro ^a   Kishi, Yukiko ^a   Ueyama, Jun Ichi ^a   Honma, Sakae ^a   Sugiyama, Takahiro ^a   Miyakoshi, Shigesaburo ^a   Kanda, Yoshinobu ^b   Morinaga, Shin Ichi ^a   Muto, Yoshitomo ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

atypical granulomatous Response; chronic lymphocytic leukemia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 0034980788     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428190109058001     Document Type: Article

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