Spectrum of pulmonary infections in renal transplant recipients in the tropics: A single center study

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 551-559

  Kalra, Vikram ^a   Agarwal, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Khilnani, Gopi Chand ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Dar, Lalit ^a   Singh, Urvashi B ^a   Mirdha, Bijay Ranjan ^a   Xess, Immaculata ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Bhowmik, Dipankar ^a   Tiwari, Suresh Chand ^a   Dash, Suresh Chand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; P. carinii pneumonia; Pulmonary infections; Renal allograft recipient; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28844499812     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-005-4012-9     Document Type: Article

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