Antifungal management practices and evolution of infection in organ transplant recipients with Cryptococcus neoformans infection

Transplantation

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1033-1039

  Singh, Nina ^a,v   Lortholary, Olivier ^b   Alexander, Barbara D ^c   Gupta, Krishan L ^d   John, George T ^e   Pursell, Kenneth J ^f   Muñoz, Patricia ^g   Klintmalm, Goran B ^h   Stosor, Valentina ⁱ   Busto, Ramon Del ^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 A ^r   Garcia Diaz, Julia ^s   Kalil, Andre C ^t   Fisher, Robert A ^u   Heitman, Joseph ^c   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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^u VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Fungal infection; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGEMIA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG INFECTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RELAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744601940     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000173774.74388.49     Document Type: Article

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