Acute Post-Bacterial Glomerulonephritis in Renal Transplant Patients: Description of Three Cases and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-136

  Moroni, Gabriella ^a   Papaccioli, Daniela ^a   Banfi, Giovanni ^a   Tarantino, Antonio ^a   Ponticelli, Claudio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute glomerulonephritis; Post transplant renal failure; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECIPIENT; SKIN ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BIOPSY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742284028     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6135.2003.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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