A rare infectious cause of renal allograft dysfunction

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1103-1107

  Hill Edgar, Allison A ^a   Nasr, Samih H ^a   Borczuk, Alain C ^a   D'Agati, Vivette D ^a   Radhakrishnan, Jai ^a   Markowitz, Glen S ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Renal allograft; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0036841752     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.37092     Document Type: Article

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