Pulmonary Cryptococcus Infection After Mono-Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine.
Mono-chemotherapy with gemcitabine (difluorodeoxycytidine) is an effective cancer chemotherapy, and is often used instead of a more effective but more toxic combination chemotherapy regimen. Infection associated with gemcitabine is very rare. We present a case of Cryptococcus neoformans pneumonia th...
| Publicado en: | Respiratory Care Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 330 - 333 |
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| Formato: | case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Mar2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104843206&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104843206 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00201324 4GG jtl: Respiratory Care issn: 00201324 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2011 vid: 56 iid: 3 pid: 1365 pub: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. place: New Rochelle, New York artinfo: ui: 104843206 59260628 10.4187/respcare.00652 NLM21255489 104843206 ppf: 330 ppct: 3 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Pulmonary Cryptococcus Infection After Mono-Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine. aug: au: Yu-Guang Chen Te-Yu Lin Gen-Min Lin Jung-Chung Lin affil: Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China sug: subj: Gemcitabine Adverse Effects Cryptococcus Pneumonia Mycoses Cancer Patients Immunocompromised Host Aged Male Biopsy Staining and Labeling Radiography, Thoracic Tomography, X-Ray Computed China Bladder Neoplasms Pneumonia Diagnosis Pneumonia Drug Therapy Aged: 65+ years Male ab: Mono-chemotherapy with gemcitabine (difluorodeoxycytidine) is an effective cancer chemotherapy, and is often used instead of a more effective but more toxic combination chemotherapy regimen. Infection associated with gemcitabine is very rare. We present a case of Cryptococcus neoformans pneumonia that developed after 5 courses of gemcitabine for advanced bladder carcinoma. Lung biopsy and antigens demonstrated C. neoformans. The pneumonia resolved after antifungal therapy. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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