Severe meningo-encephalitis and death in a renal transplant recipient resulting from west nile virus infection

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1646-1647

  Antony, Suresh ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal transplant; West Nile virus infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 10344259674     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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