Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 942, 2004, Pages 236-238

  Vavricka, S R ^a   Halter, J ^a   Hechelhammer, L ^a   Himmelmann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PREDNIMUSTINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHLORAMBUCIL; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PEDIGREE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREDNISONE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 2342436930     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.012252     Document Type: Article

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