FATAL PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA IN A CHILD TREATED FOR FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS

Authors
MURPHY JL KANO HL CHENAILLE PJ MAKKER SP
Citation
Jl. Murphy et al., FATAL PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA IN A CHILD TREATED FOR FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, Pediatric nephrology, 7(4), 1993, pp. 444-445
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
444 - 445
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1993)7:4<444:FPPIAC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 4-year-old female with nephrotic syndrome secondary to focal segment al glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) was treated with pulse methylprednisolone and chlorambucil therapy. She subsequently developed fatal Pneumocyst is carinii pneumonia (PCP). This is the first report of a pediatric pa tient whose treatment for FSGS resulted in PCP, raising the issue of P CP prophylaxis for these patients.