Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 187-190

  Salvalaggio, P R O ^a   Bassetti, M ^a   Lorber, M I ^a   Micheletto, G G ^b   Friedman, A L ^a   Andriole, V T ^a   Basadonna, Giacomo P ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Caspofungin; Immunosuppression; Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKITIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 2342456352     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2003.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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