Interstitial pneumonitis caused by pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) during bortezomib treatment

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-633

  Wondergem, Marielle J ^a   Grünberg, Katrien ^b   Wittgen, Bart P H ^c   Sonneveld, Pieter ^d   Zweegman, Sonja ^a  

^a Imperial College Hammersmith Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; MELPHALAN;

ADULT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; ISOGRAFT; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BORONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PYRAZINES;

PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 64549122823     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03263.x     Document Type: Letter

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