Secondary syphilis after liver transplantation: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 644-649

  Wolf, Sabine C ^a,c   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^a   Tannapfel, Andrea ^b   Petersen, Peter ^a   Risler, Teut ^a   Brehm, Bernhard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune deficiency; Liver transplantation; Secondary syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33748664162     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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