Pseudoaneurysm of the iliac artery secondary to Aspergillus infection in two recipients of kidney transplants from the same donor

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 488-492

  Garrido, Jesús ^a   Lerma, José L ^a   Heras, Manuel ^a   Labrador, Pedro J ^a   García, Pedro ^a   Bondía, Antonio ^a   Corbacho, Luis ^a   Tabernero, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Graft infection; Iliac artery pseudoaneurysm; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BASILIXIMAB; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION;

EID: 0037310830     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2003.50060     Document Type: Article

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