Pulmonary infection with Rhodococcus equi after renal transplantation. Review ofthe literature;Infection pulmonaire a Rhodococcus equi apres transplantation renale. Revue de la litterature

Nephrologie

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 383-386

  Gallen, F ^a   Kernaonet, E ^a   Foulet, A ^a   Goldstein, A ^a   Lebon, P ^a   Babinet, F ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^b CHG   (France)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NOCARDIOSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0033256651     PISSN: 02504960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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