Pediatric Infection and Vaccine

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A Case of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia with Febrile Neutropenia in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

호중구 감소된 급성 림프구성 백혈병환아에서 발생한 Pneumocystis carinii 폐렴 1례

  • Choi, Young Hwan (Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Min, Ki Sik (Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Jong Wan (Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Kwang Nam (Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Ryoo, Ki Yang (Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
  • 최영환 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 민기식 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김종완 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김광남 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 유기양 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실)
  • Published : 1997.06.20
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Abstract

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia mainly occurs in immunocompromised patients and it is also known of major cause of death in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After consolidation chemotherapy, acute lymphoblastic leukemia children is developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia frequently no an opportunistic infection but there were no controlled studies which have been performed to evaluate the usefulness of corticosteroid in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We experienced a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with febrile neutropenic 6 years old girl. She was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and prednisone. We report this case with brief review of related literature.

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