Varicella-zoster infection in pediatric solid-organ transplant recipients: A hospital-based study in the prevaricella vaccine era

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Pandya, Anand ^a   Wasfy, Samia ^a   Hebert, Diane ^a   Allen, Upton D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organ transplantation; Pediatric; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOBLAST ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034976662     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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