A renal transplant recipient with acute paraparesis due to an Aspergillus epidural abscess

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2185-2187

  Delmas, Y ^a   Merville, P ^a   Dousset, V ^a   Dervau Durieux, L ^a   Morel, D ^a   Potaux, L ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Epidural abscess; Itraconazole; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030815067     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.10.2185     Document Type: Article

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