Brain abscess in solid organ transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine-based immunosuppression

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 304-310

  Selby, Rich ^a   Ramirez, Carlo B ^a   Singh, Reyka ^a   Kleopoulos, Irene ^a   Kusne, Shimon ^a   Starzl, Thomas E ^a   Fung, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OKT 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOCARDIOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0030910373     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430270090019     Document Type: Article

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