Cryptosporidial infections after solid organ transplantation in children

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-55

  Gerber, David A ^a,b,c   Green, M ^a   Jaffe, R ^a   Greenberg, D ^a   Mazariegos, G ^a   Reyes, J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Diarrhea; Immunosuppression; Infection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PAROMOMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033971453     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2000.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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