Gastrointestinal infections in solid organ transplant recipients

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-410

  Matsumoto, Cal S ^a,b   Fishbein, Thomas M ^a,b   Kaufman, Stuart S ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Gastrointestinal infection; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CALICIVIRUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 16344379529     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000146561.66022.08     Document Type: Review

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