Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in pancreas transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-39

  Trofe, Jennifer ^a,c   Reddy, K S ^b   Stratta, R J ^a   Flax, S D ^a   Somerville, K T ^a   Alloway, R R ^a   Egidi, M F ^a   Shokouh Amiri, M H ^a   Gaber, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichiosis; Immunosuppression; Opportunistic infections; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOXORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOSE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0035125980     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2001.003001034.x     Document Type: Article

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