Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia following everolimus treatment of metastatic breast cancer

Everolimus is an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin with anti-tumour activity. While everolimus is known to cause drug-induced pneumonitis, it is rarely associated with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). We report a patient on everolimus therapy for metastatic breast cancer that develop...

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Autores principales: Kuik, Kelvin Teck-Hong, Trubiano, Jason, Worth, Leon J., Harun, Nur-shirin, Steinfort, Daniel, Johnson, Douglas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.007

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