Nocardial infection in immunosuppressed kidney transplant recipients

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-173

  Queipo Zaragoza J A ^a,b   Broseta Rico, E ^a   Alapont Alacreu, J M ^a   Santos Durantez, M ^a   Sanchez Plumed J ^a   Jimenez Cruz J F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Nocardia; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 1942518343     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590410025353     Document Type: Article

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