A 59-year-old liver-transplanted woman with fever, dyspnea and pulmonary infiltrates

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1057-1061

  Del Bono, L ^a   Filipponi, F ^b   Marchetti, G ^b   Ferranti, S ^a   Menichetti, F ^a   Mosca, F ^b  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Immunosuppressive agents; Liver transplant; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ACICLOVIR; AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; GOLD SALT; INTERFERON; ITRACONAZOLE; LIPOSOME; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NETILMICIN; OKT 3; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0242331734     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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