An unusual case of pyelonephritis in a pediatric renal transplant recipient

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-260

  Al Makadma, Abdulkarim S ^a   Al Akash, Samhar I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Emphysemaotus; Pediatric; Pyelonephritis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

CHILD; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 16444385131     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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