Subcutaneous nodules and pneumonia in a kidney transplant recipient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 796-798

  Maccario, Massimo ^a   Tortorano, Anna Maria ^b   Ponticelli, Claudio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Nocardiosis; Pneumonia; Subcutaneous nodules; Trimethoprimsulphamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NOCARDIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SKIN DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0031932147     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.3.796     Document Type: Article

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