Cryptococcal meningitis: An analysis among 5521 consecutive organ transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-188

  Wu, G ^a   Vilchez, R A ^a,b   Eidelman, B ^a   Fung, J ^a   Kormos, R ^a   Kusne, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcosis; Fungal meningitis; Invasive fungal infection; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DATA BASE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036970016     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2002.t01-1-02005.x     Document Type: Article

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