Acute unilateral pneumonitis in a patient with polymyositis: A unique presentation of polymyositis-associated pneumonitis

Respiratory Care

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1774-1778

  Vahid, Bobbak ^b   Machare Delgado, Enrique ^a   Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dominican Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Pneumonitis; Polymyositis; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; POLYMYOSITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ACUTE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POLYMYOSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649083311     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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