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KL-6 as a Serologic Indicator of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Hosts
- Source :
- Internal Medicine. 37:307-310
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 1998.
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Abstract
- KL-6, a serum marker for interstitial pneumonitis, was evaluated in patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Patient 1 was a 56-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis treated with immunosuppressive drugs and corticosteroids. Patient 2 was a 59-year-old man with a glioblastoma who received anti-cancer drugs and corticosteroids. In both patients, serum KL-6 showed an abnormally high level due to the complication of PCP, and it decreased following successful treatment. These results indicate that PCP is one of the diseases in which serum KL-6 increases.
- Subjects :
- Male
Opportunistic infection
Biopsy
Arthritis
Serology
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Immunocompromised Host
Antigens, Neoplasm
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Antigens
Glycoproteins
Pneumonitis
Brain Neoplasms
business.industry
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Mucin-1
Respiratory disease
Mucins
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Immunohistochemistry
Peptide Fragments
respiratory tract diseases
Pneumonia
Pneumocystis carinii
Rheumatoid arthritis
Immunology
Female
Glioblastoma
business
Biomarkers
Immunosuppressive Agents
Procollagen
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235 and 09182918
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f5521d82239b93a00beb90d644a0424a