Infections in renal allograft recipients: A review of the Philippine experience

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 222-225

  Mendoza, Myrna T ^a,b   Liquete, Rosemarie R ^a   Ona, Enrique T ^a   Alano, Filoteo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Philippines; Transplant infections

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OKT 3; PREDNISONE;

AMEBIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030919733     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(97)90042-4     Document Type: Review

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