Allograft loss in renal transplant recipients with Cryptococcus neoformans associated immune reconstitution syndrome

Transplantation

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1131-1133

  Singh, Nina ^a,u   Lortholary, Olivier ^b   Alexander, Barbara D ^c   Gupta, Krishan L ^d   John, George T ^e   Pursell, Kenneth ^f   Munoz, Patricia ^g   Klintmalm, Goran B ^h   Stosor, Valentina ⁱ   DelBusto, Ramon ^j   Limaye, Ajit P ^k   Somani, Jyoti ^l   Lyon, Marshall ^l   Houston, Sally ^m   House, Andrew A ⁿ   Pruett, Timothy L ^o   Orloff, Susan ^p   Humar, Atul ^q   Dowdy, Lorraine ^r   Garcia Diaz, Julia ^s   Fisher, Robert A ^t   Husain, Shahid ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^h BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^p OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^s OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^t VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Fungal infection; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 27744463359     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000180530.17683.02     Document Type: Article

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