Successful pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine therapy of pneumocystis pneumonia in infants with X-linked immunodeficiency with hyper-IgM
Whisnant, J.K.; Buckley, R.H.
National Cancer Institute Monograph 43: 211-217
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0083-1921 PMID: 1087957 Document Number: 103760
The case is reported of an infant of 8 months old with immunodeficiency and Pneumocystis pneumonia who was treated with pentamidine for 12 days and then successfully with pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine.
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