Granulomatous pneumocystis pneumonia;Pneumocystose à forme granulomateuse

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 989-992

  Pontier, S ^a   Busato, F ^b   Daste, G ^a   Genestal, M ^a   Recco, P ^b   Nevez, G ^c   Escamilla, R ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Granulomatous pneumocystis; Open lung biopsy; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; GRANULOMATOUS PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 10644230241     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(04)71481-3     Document Type: Article

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