Toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation: Implications of a missed diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3544-3547

  Wulf, M W H ^a   Van Crevel, R ^a   Portier, R ^a   Ter Meulen, C G ^a   Melchers, W J G ^a   Van Der Ven, A ^a   Galama, J M D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 22144456423     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3544-3547.2005     Document Type: Article

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