Microsporidiosis in the graft of a renal transplant recipient

Transplant International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 274-277

  Latib, Mohamed Azeem ^a   Pascoe, Michael Danby ^a   Duffield, Maureen Susan ^a   Kahn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Electron microscopy; Encephalitozoon; Graft failure; Microsporidia; Opportunistic infections; Protozoa; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0034839690     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470100332     Document Type: Article

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