Fatal Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia following immunosuppressive therapy with rituximab and prednisolone for posterior scleritis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages e154-155

  Stilling Vinther, Maria K ^a   Pedersen, Bhuvanapriya S ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; RANIBIZUMAB; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EYE PAIN; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT HEMATOMA; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCLERITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80055004172     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02127.x     Document Type: Letter

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