[Pneumonia in immunocompromised patients].
Pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS or treated with immunosuppressive drugs. At the present time, early diagnosis and efficacious curative treatment condition a favourable outcome. Current progresses are based on improvement in diagnostic methods and prolylactic regimens.
Mayaud
Charles
C
Service de pneumologie, hôpital Tenon, 75970 Paris, Cedex 20. charles.mayaud@tnn.ap-hop-paris.fr
Fartoukh
Muriel
M
Parrot
Antoine
A
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