Fatal case of Aspergillus coinfection in a renal transplant recipient suffering from cytomegalovirus pneumonitis

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 619-622

  Siu, Yui Pong ^a   Leung, Kay Tai ^a   Tong, Matthew Ka Hang ^a   Kwok, Yuk Lung ^a   Wong, Pik Kei ^a   Kwan, Tze Hoi ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cytomegalovirus; Kidney transplantation; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GANCICLOVIR; MEROPENEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ABNORMAL SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 29144517019     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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