Acta Med. 2011, 54: 127-130

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.35

Pneumocystis Pneumonia During Medicamentous Treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome – A Description of Two Cases

Filip Gabaleca, Alžběta Zavřelováa, Eduard Havelb, Jaroslav Cerman, jr.b, Jakub Radochaa, Ioannis Sviliasa, Jan Čápa

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Surgery, Czech Republic

Received December 18, 2010
Accepted June 30, 2011

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