A diagnostic challenge: PCP in a non-HIV patient

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 889-891

  Elias, S ^a   Almogi Hazan, O ^a   Aker, M ^a   Ben Yehuda, A ^a   Bayya, A ^a   Tal, Y ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PENTAMIDINE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY RASH; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOLESTASIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DETERIORATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE; JEW; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAPULE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053135245     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq208     Document Type: Article

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