Tuberculosis in a patient on temozolomide: A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-35

  Paiva Jr , Tadeu Ferreira ^a   Barros e Silva, Milton José ^a   Rinck, José Augusto ^a   Fanelli, Marcello Ferreti ^a   Gimenes, Daniel Luiz ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lymphopenia; Opportunistic infections; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOSPORINE; DACARBAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISONIAZID; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRROLES; RADIOTHERAPY; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; RIFAMPIN; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 59349094467     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9724-0     Document Type: Article

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