Necrotizing fasciitis and Legionnaires' disease after combined renal and pancreatic transplantation: A penalty of overseas travel

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1781-1783

  Kumar, Ajay ^a,b   Will, Eric J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legionnaires' disease; Necrotizing fasciitis; Renal and pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRAVEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ERYTHROMYCIN; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RIFAMPIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033062991     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.7.1781     Document Type: Article

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