Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient after orthotopic liver transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 274-277

  Vinayek, Rakesh ^a   Balan, Vijayan ^a   Pinna, Antonio ^a   Linden, Peter K ^a   Kusne, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Histoplasmosis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031809190     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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