Pneumocystis carinii in a patient with hypercalcemia and renal failure secondary to sarcoidosis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 17-18, 2002, Pages 785-788

  Krebs, Michael ^a   Watschinger, Bruno ^a   Brunner, Christof ^a   Hassl, Andreas ^a   Base, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Pneumocystis carinii; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOZOITE;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0037201294     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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