Graft mucormycosis in a renal allograft recipient

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 783-786

  Ahmad, Mufazzal ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Mucormycosis; Renal allograft; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 30644459364     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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