Disseminated Ureaplasma urealyticum infection in a hypo-gammaglobulinaemic renal transplant patient

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1114-1117

  Cordtz, Joakim ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JOINT SWELLING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTURIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYONEPHROSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 33845345280     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600675734     Document Type: Article

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