Invasive aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients in the 1990s

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 716-720

  Singh, Nina ^a,b   Arnow, Paul M ^c   Bonham, Andrew ^b   Dominguez, Edward ^d   Paterson, David L ^e   Pankey, George A ^f   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a,b   Yu, Victor L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ITRACONAZOLE; OKT 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; REOPERATION; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030931525     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199709150-00009     Document Type: Article

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