Outbreak of aspergillosis infections among lung transplant recipients

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-140

  Raviv, Yael ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a   Amital, Anat ^a   Rubinovitch, Bina ^a   Bishara, Jihad ^a   Shitrit, David ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Lung transplantation; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BLURRED VISION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846287279     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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