Pneumocystis pneumonia in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with pemetrexed containing regimen

Lung Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-242

  Velcheti, Vamsidhar ^a   Govindan, Ramaswamy ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Immunocompromised; Lung cancer; Pemetrexed; Pneumocystis pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; PEMETREXED; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUTAMATES; GUANINE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 34447287848     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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