Aspergillus osteomyelitis after liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1073-1075

  Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA GLUCAN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036851254     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.35778     Document Type: Article

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