Granulomatous Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A literature review and hypothesis on pathogenesis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-135

  Otahbachi, Mohammed ^a   Nugent, Kenneth ^a,b   Buscemi, Dolores ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STOP 9410 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CLL; Granulomatous disease; Immune reconstitution; Pneumocystis jiroveci

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 33847049018     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200702000-00014     Document Type: Article

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