Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in a 3-Month-Old Infant Receiving High-Dose Corticosteroid Therapy for Airway Hemangiomas

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-245

  Aviles, Roger ^a   Boyce, Thomas G ^b   Thompson, Dana M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0942297999     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.2.243     Document Type: Article

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