Listeria brain abscess, Pneumocystis pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma after temozolomide

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Ganière, Vincent ^a   Christen, Grégoire ^b   Bally, Frank ^c   Guillou, Louis ^c   Pica, Alessia ^a   de Ribaupierre, Sandrine ^a   Stupp, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Riviera   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma multiforme; Kaposi's sarcoma; Listeria monocytogenes; Pneumocystis jiroveci; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ATOVAQUONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DACARBAZINE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 33745045211     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0514     Document Type: Article

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