Adenovirus infection in pediatric liver and intestinal transplant recipients: Utility of DNA detection by PCR

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-228

  McLaughlin, Gwenn E ^a   Delis, Spiros ^a   Kashimawo, Lutifat ^a   Cantwell, G Patricia ^a   Mittal, Naveen ^a   Cirocco, Robert E ^a   Ruiz, Phillip ^a   Kato, Tomoaki ^a   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal transplants; Adenovirus; Pediatric; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; DACLIZUMAB; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FLORIDA; HUMANS; ILEUM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037298410     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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