Cat-scratch disease relapse in a kidney transplant recipient

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Rheault, Michelle N ^a   Van Burik, Jo Anne ^a   Mauer, Michael ^a   Ingulli, Elizabeth ^a   Ferrieri, Patricia ^a   Jessurun, Jose ^a   Chavers, Blanche M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Lymphadenopathy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BICARBONATE; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FUROSEMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; OKT 3; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULOMATOSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYALGIA; MYCOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; THORAX; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846197924     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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