Successful medical treatment of multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica in a paediatric renal transplant recipient

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1186-1188

  Viganò, Sara Maria ^a   Edefonti, Alberto ^a   Ferraresso, Mariano ^c   Ranzi, Maria Luisa ^c   Grossi, Paolo ^d   Righini, Andrea ^b   Rusconi, Roberto ^b   Santambrogio, Luigi ^c   Ghio, Luciana ^a  

^a Transplant Unit   (Italy)

^b ICP   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Brain abscesses; Linezolid; Nocardia; Paediatric kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BASILIXIMAB; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OXAZOLIDINONES;

EID: 22344455376     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1978-6     Document Type: Article

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