Unsuspected Pneumocystis pneumonia in an HIV-seronegative patient with untreated lung cancer: circa case report

BACKGROUND: Patients with solid malignant tumours are at increased risk of Pneumocystis jiroveci infection from immunosuppression as a result of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, but active Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in untreated lung cancer is uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: A 43-year-old woman pres...

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Autores principales: Chuang, Cai, Zhanhong, Xie, Yinyin, Gu, Qingsi, Zeng, Shuqing, Zhong, Nanshan, Zhong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-115

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-115

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