Occurrence of urinary tract infection in patients with renal allograft biopsies showing neutrophilic tubulitis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-285

  Fonseca Jr , Luciano Espinheira ^a   Shapiro, Ron ^b   Randhawa, Parmjeet S ^b,c  

^a Medical School of Bahia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Kidney; Renal; Transplantation; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; NEUTROPHILIC TUBULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037393387     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000062658.47481.69     Document Type: Article

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