Comparison of clinical and radiological features of pneumocystis pneumonia between malignancy cases and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases: A multicenter study

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Tasaka, Sadatomo ^a   Tokuda, Hitoshi ^b   Sakai, Fumikazu ^c   Fujii, Takeshi ^d   Tateda, Kazuhiro ^e   Johkoh, Takeshi ^f   Ohmagari, Norio ^g   Ohta, Hiromitsu ^h   Araoka, Hideki ⁱ   Kikuchi, Yoshimi ^j   Yasui, Masahide ^k   Inuzuka, Kanako ^l   Goto, Hajime ^m  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Social Insurance Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

^g SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k Kanazawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^l KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^m KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Computed tomography; Ground glass opacity; Malignancy; Pneumocystis pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; COTRIMAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGENATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 77749236912     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2871     Document Type: Article

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