Management of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with conventionally caused immune suppression.
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Endemic Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
The entity of interstitial plasma cell pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii has received increasing attention during the past 10 years. Extensive studies and reviews concerning this problem, its epidemiology and pathogenesis (Ahvenainen, 1957; Bachmann, 1954; Cahalane, 1962; Jirovec, 1 960a and b; Muller and Vietor, 1957), its clinical course and picture (Berdnikoff, 1959; Dvorak and Jirovec, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 1991
ISSN: 2186-1811,0304-2146
DOI: 10.2149/tmh1973.19.347