Influence of age in renal transplant infections: Cases and controls study

Transplantation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 989-992

  Trouillhet, Isabel ^a   Benito, Natividad ^a   Cervera, Carlos ^a   Rivas, Paula ^a   Cof́an, Federico ^a   Almela, Manuel ^a   Marcos, María Angeles ^a   De La Bellacasa, Jorge Puig ^a   Pumarola, Tomás ^a   Oppenheimer, Federico ^a   Moreno Camacho, Asunción ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Infections; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 27644454209     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000173822.05877.D7     Document Type: Article

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