Early onset of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus infection in a lung-transplant recipient

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 562-564

  Chen, Fengshi ^a   Bando, Toru ^a   Hanaoka, Nobuharu ^a   Fukuse, Tatsuo ^a   Hasegawa, Seiki ^a   Wada, Hiromi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Foscarnet; Ganciclovir resistant; Lung transplantation; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 27744448343     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-0068-9     Document Type: Article

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