Reactivation of chronic Chagas' disease following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and successful pre-emptive therapy with benznidazole

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-137

  Altclas, J ^a   Sinagra, A ^b   Jaimovich, G ^a   Salgueira, C ^a   Luna, C ^b   Requejo, A ^a   Milovic, V ^a   De Rissio, A ^b   Feldman, L ^a   Riarte, A ^b  

^a IMA   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Parasitologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benznidazole; Bone marrow transplantation; Chagas' disease; Pre emptive therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; NITROIMIDAZOLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 18044400033     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.1999.010207.x     Document Type: Article

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