Disseminated acanthamoebiasis after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-240

  Duarte, Alexander G ^a,b   Sattar, Farooq ^a   Granwehr, Bruno ^a   Aronson, Judith F ^a   Wang, Zhiqin ^a   Lick, Scott ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOPIDOGREL; FUROSEMIDE; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SKIN DEFECT; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 31544440963     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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