Fatal atypical mycobacterial infection in a cardiac transplant recipient

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 100-103

  Ray, Ruma ^a   Chakravorty, Soumitesh ^a   Tyagi, Jaya S ^a   Airan, B ^a   Talwar, K K ^a   Venugopal, P ^a   Chopra, P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Infection; Myocarditis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035223761     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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