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Low Lymphocyte Proportion in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid as a Risk Factor Associated with the Change from Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole used as First-Line Treatment for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Trimethoprim/sufamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the recommended treatment for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). However, the efficacy and the safety of alternative salvage treatments are less guarauteed especially when patient experiences treatment failure and/or an adverse drug reaction...

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Autores principales: Kim, Tark, Sung, Heungsup, Chong, Yong Pil, Kim, Sung-Han, Choo, Eun Ju, Choi, Sang-Ho, Kim, Tae Hyong, Woo, Jun Hee, Kim, Yang Soo, Lee, Sang-Oh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6031595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29968978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2018.50.2.110