Incidence of Pneumocystis carinii antigenemia in ambulatory cancer patients

incidence of Pneumocystis carinii antigenemia in asymptomatic adults with either solid tumors or hematologic malignancies is very low (all positive responses were in females), positive P. carinii antigen in absence of clinical symptoms most likely represents subclinical infection, positive antigen d...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Cancer 1984-05, Vol.53 (9), p.1878-1881
Main Authors: Robert, N.J, Pifer, L.L, Niell, H.B, Woods, D.R, Neely, C.L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
antigens
Antigens - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Hodgkin Disease - complications
Hodgkin Disease - immunology
Host-tumor relations. Immunology. Biological markers
Humans
Leukemia - complications
Leukemia - immunology
Lymphoma - complications
Lymphoma - immunology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma - complications
Multiple Myeloma - immunology
neoplasms
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - immunology
Outpatients
Pneumocystis - immunology
Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - immunology
Sex of host
Tumors
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:incidence of Pneumocystis carinii antigenemia in asymptomatic adults with either solid tumors or hematologic malignancies is very low (all positive responses were in females), positive P. carinii antigen in absence of clinical symptoms most likely represents subclinical infection, positive antigen does not always indicate active disease but probably reflects mobilization of antigen during generalized inflammatory response or possible pulmonary insult, treatment decisions should be guided by clinical presentation and patient history, results of survey at West Tennessee Cancer Clinic and Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19840501)53:9<1878::AID-CNCR2820530914>3.0.CO;2-K