Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia infection in a patient with known chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

Respirology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-401

  McKeon, Damian J ^a,b   White, William ^a   Sinclair, David ^a   Goldman, John M ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENTAMIDINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINUSITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDIASIS, CHRONIC MUCOCUTANEOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22644437545     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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