Pneumocystis jiroveci thyroiditis: Report of 15 cases in the literature

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 443-446

  Zavascki, Alexandre P ^a   Maia, Ana L ^a   Goldani, Luciano Z ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pneumocystis jiroveci; Thyroid; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NECK PAIN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; THYROIDITIS;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 35348960426     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01395.x     Document Type: Review

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