Influenza transmission to recipient through lung transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-57

  Meylan, P R A ^a   Aubert, J D ^a   Kaiser, L ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Donor transmitted infection; Influenza; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33846963518     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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