The emergence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplant patients in a south Indian hospital

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 285-

  Date, Anand ^a   Krishnaswami, Hemalatha ^a   John, George T ^a   Mathai, Elizabeth ^a   Jacob, Chakko K ^a   Shastry, J C M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumonia; Renal transplant patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; LUNG BIOPSY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INDIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0029004347     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90542-1     Document Type: Article

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