Chronic Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia associated with extensive pneumatocele formation in a child with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-146

  Holland, Eliza T ^a   Saulsbury, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037317615     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10223     Document Type: Article

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