Eradication of parvovirus B19 infection after renal transplantation requires reduction of immunosuppression and high-dose immunoglobulin therapy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1840-1842

  Liefeldt, Lutz ^a   Buhl, Martin ^c   Schweickert, Britta ^a   Engelmann, Elisabeth ^b   Sezer, Orhan ^a   Laschinski, Peter ^c   Preuschof, Lothar ^b   Neumayer, Hans H ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Kuratorium für Dialyse und Nierentransplantation KfH Nierenzentrum Teltowkanalstrasse   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eradication; i.v. immunoglobulin; Immunosuppression; Parvovirus B19; Pure red cell anaemia; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0036796362     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.10.1840     Document Type: Article

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