Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma receiving chemotherapy containing rituximab

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 579-582

  Chang, Hung ^a,b   Yeh, Huei Chung ^a   Su, Yung Cheng ^a   Lee, Ming Hsun ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Febrile neutropenia; Lymphoma; Opportunistic infection; Pneumocystis jiroveci; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLOMOXEF; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 57149131836     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70173-4     Document Type: Article

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