Aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients: Successful treatment and improved survival using a multistep approach

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 897-899

  Duchini, Andrea ^a   Redfield, David C ^a   McHutchison, John G ^a   Brunson, Mathew E ^a   Pockros, Paul J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036340634     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200208000-00021     Document Type: Article

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