Torsades de pointes complicating pentamidine therapy of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in acute myelogenous leukemia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 705-708

  Otsuka, Mami ^a   Kanamori, Heiwa ^a   Sasaki, Shin ^a   Taguchi, Jun ^a   Harano, Hiroshi ^a   Ogawa, Kouji ^a   Matsuzaki, Michio ^b   Mohri, Hiroshi ^a   Okubo, Takao ^a   Sumita, Shinichi ^a   Ochiai, Hisao ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Cardiac pacing; Prolonged QT interval

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 9844241595     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.705     Document Type: Article

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