Failure of intravenous pentamidine prophylaxis to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patient

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Nov;47(6):859-60. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20840.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis*
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Leukemia / therapy*
  • Male
  • Pentamidine / administration & dosage*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / pathology
  • Risk Factors
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Pentamidine