Imaging features of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-284

  Crans Jr , Charles A ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral interstitial pattern; Pneumocystis carinii; Pulmonary pathogen

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG CYST; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 6544271421     PISSN: 10408371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408379991249194     Document Type: Review

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