Granulomatous pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in a patient with diffuse large b-cell lymphoma: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Chang, Hung ^a,b   Shih, Lee Yung ^a,b   Wang, Chi Wei ^b   Chuang, Wen Yu ^b   Chen, Chien Cheng ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Granuloma; Lymphoma; Opportunistic infection; Pneumocystis jiroveci

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 70450196283     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000261020     Document Type: Article

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