A rose is a rose: But what about Pneumocystis pneumonia?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1297-1298

  Huang, Laurence ^a,b   Murray, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PENTAMIDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHAGAS DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33144486340     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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