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7474411

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in a woman with recurrent breast cancer without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The PCP was associated with severe lymphocytopenia due to treatment with anticancer agents in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Despite the severe lymphocytopenia, the total leucocyte count never fell below 3000/mm3 during the treatment. It was difficult to determine whether the patient's respiratory failure was caused by severe infectious pneumonia, hypersensitivity pneumonia or pneumonitis carcinomatosis. She was treated with steroid for suspected drug-induced hypersensitivity pneumonia. However, as her condition did not improve, PCP was suspected, and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim was administered. At the same time, anticancer drugs were administered to half the progression of the cancer, since lymphangitis carcinomatosa was also suspected. The severe respiratory failure did not improve, and the patient died on day 23 after admission. At autopsy, the cause of death was confirmed to respiratory failure due to PCP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0368-2811
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
218-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during treatment for recurrent breast cancer: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports