Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in an immunocompromised patient

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 540-542

  Kancherla, Binal S ^a   Dishop, Megan K ^a   Rothenberg, Steven S ^b   Fan, Leland L ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; children; immunocompromised host; interstitial lung disease; lung biopsy; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; pulmonary infiltrates; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; PENTAMADINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 38949162985     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.12.1155     Document Type: Editorial

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