Recurrent urinary tract infection in the post-transplant reflux nephropathy patient: Is reflux in the native ureter the culprit?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-327

  Casale, Pasquale ^a,c   Grady, Richard W ^b   Mitchell, Michael E ^b   Healey, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Transplant; Ureter; Vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 20344399431     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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