Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in pediatric patients: An analysis of 15 confirmed consecutive cases during 14 years

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 252-255

  Kim, Kyung Ran ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Kang, Ji Man ^a   Kim, Yae Jean ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised host; Pediatrics; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTAMIDINE; STEROID;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII PNEUMONIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

EID: 84976345080     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2016.59.6.252     Document Type: Article

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