Successful treatment of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding caused by mixed infection of cytomegalovirus and mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 232-236

  Ju, Ji Hyeon ^a   Park, Ho Sung ^a   Shin, Mi Jung ^a   Yang, Chul Woo ^a   Kim, Yong Soo ^a   Choi, Young Jin ^a   Song, Ho Jin ^a   Kim, Sang Woo ^a   Chung, In Sik ^a   Bang, Byung Kee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Kidney transplantation; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ULCER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GANCICLOVIR; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0242495913     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046253     Document Type: Article

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