Disseminated Nocardia asteroides and coinfection with Trichophyton rubrum in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-225

  Azap, A ^a   Arslan, Hande ^a   Ergin, F ^a   Karakayali, H ^a   Haberal, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Nocardia infection; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0036969224     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2002.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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