Mycobacterium bovis disease in a pediatric renal transplant patient

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 564-566

  Chen, Sharon F ^a   Gutierrez, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium bovis; Renal transplant; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RAPAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745004810     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000219482.75490.d5     Document Type: Article

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