Pneumocystis pneumonia in a patient treated with pemetrexed for non small cell lung cancer;Pneumocystose chez un patient traité par pemetrexed pour adénocarcinome pulmonaire

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-100

  Neuville, M ^a   Borie, R ^a   Rodier, J M ^b   Debray, M P ^b   Danel, C ^b   Dombret, M C ^a   Aubier, M ^a,c   Crestani, B ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Antifolates; Chemotherapy; Lung cancer; Pemetrexed; Pneumocystis pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PEMETREXED;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUTAMATES; GUANINE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 79953090397     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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