Fatal stongyloides hyperinfection in heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1980-1983

  Ziad El Masry, Hicham ^a   O'Donnell, Jacqueline ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEPSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 27844503093     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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