Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) who have not been treated with fludarabin are rare, although clinically relevant CD4 T-cell depletion can occur in longstanding CLL without prior treatment with purine analogues. A 52 year old woman is reported who was on long term treatment with chlorambucil and taking a short course of prednisone for familial CLL before she developed progressive dyspnoea, and P carinii pneumonia was diagnosed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Despite treatment with high dose co-trimoxazole the patient died.
Medical subject headings
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
- Opportunistic Infections
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis