Pneumocystic Carinii pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient: diagnosis by transbronchial biopsy: a case report and review of the literature
Córdova, A.R.; Vázquez, O.; Del Río, J.R.; Baldizón, C.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 72(2): 81-87
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 6992799 Document Number: 700016
A 27-year-old female kidney transplant patient in Puerto Rico developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia while on immunosuppressive drugs. Diagnosis was made by transbronchial lung biopsy performed at the time of fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
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