PERIORAL AND FACIAL PARASTHESIAS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAVENOUS PENTAMIDINE USE FOR PNEUMOCYSTIS PROPHYLAXIS

Evangeline BrownDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

, MD,

Dominic RagucciDepartment of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

, PharmD &

Ram KalpatthiDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USACorrespondence[email protected]

, MD

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