Polymerase chain reaction positivity of Pneumocystis jirovecii during primary lung cancer treatment

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 658-662

  Mori, Hidenori ^a   Ohno, Yasushi ^a   Ito, Fumitaka ^a   Endo, Junki ^a   Yanase, Komei ^a   Funaguchi, Norihiko ^a   La, Bu Lin Bai ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Lung cancer; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954444291     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq040     Document Type: Article

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