Clearance of adenoviral hepatitis with ribavirin therapy in a pediatric liver transplant recipient

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1097-1100

  Arav Boger, Ravit ^a,b   Echavarria, Marcela ^a   Forman, Michael ^a   Charache, Patricia ^a   Persaud, Deborah ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Hepatitis; Liver transplant; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 0033678150     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200011000-00016     Document Type: Article

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