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Unexpected Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Lucile SeséService de Pneumologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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Elisabeth RivaudService de Pneumologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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Camille BronService de Pneumologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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Véronique LeblondService d’Hématologie, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; ;UPMC GRC11-GRECHY, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France;
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Emmanuel RaffouxService d’Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France;
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Elisabeth LongchamptService d’Anatomo-Pathologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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Pierre CahenService de Microbiologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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Leila ZemouraService d’Anatomo-Pathologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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François MellotService d’Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France;
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Louis-Jean CoudercService de Pneumologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France; ;Faculté Paris-Ile de France Ouest, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, France; ;UPRES EA 220, Suresnes, France
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Emilie CatherinotService de Pneumologie, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France; Correspondence[email protected]
& on behalf of the Foch Hospital Lung Immune Deficiencies study group show all
Pages 1004-1007 | Received 19 Dec 2016, Accepted 12 Jul 2017, Published online: 03 Aug 2017

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