Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during therapy with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CDA)
Haberthür, C.; Pless, M.; Tichelli, A.; Gratwohl, A.; Speck, B.; Betticher, D.C.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 124(1-2): 73-78
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 7905206 Document Number: 435774
A case is reported in a 70-yr-old woman from Basle, Switzerland, with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who developed P. carinii pneumonia (PCP) during therapy with the purine analogue 2-CDA. The mechanism of action of 2-CDA is described and the occurrence of PCP among patients without AIDS is discussed.
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