Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients without HIV infection

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 612-616

  Saksasithon, Sawara ^a   Sungkanuparph, Somnuek ^a   Thanakitcharu, Sitthep ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Mortality Rate; Non HIV; PCP; Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0141702020     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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