Mycobacterium kansasii empyema in a renal transplant recipient case report and review of the literature [7]

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 270-271

  Paull, Douglas E ^a,b   Decker, Gary R ^a   Brown, Robert L ^a  

^a Wilkes Barre General Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038638352     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000072018.06230.A1     Document Type: Letter

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