Mycobacterium abscessus Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients: The International Experience

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1447-1455

  Chernenko, Susan M ^a   Humar, Atul ^a   Hutcheon, Michael ^a   Chow, Chung Wai ^a   Chaparro, Cecilia ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a   Singer, Lianne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 33845431382     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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