Role of CD8 lymphocytes and neutrophilic alveolitis in Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 612-614

  Vahid, Bobbak ^a   Bibbo, Marluce ^a   Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPHILIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34347326141     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540601115946     Document Type: Article

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