Hyperammonemia in generalized Mycobacterium genavense infection after renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 722-723

  Nurmohamed, S ^a   Weenink, A ^a   Moeniralam, H ^a   Visser, C ^a   Bemelman, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kidney allograft; Posttransplantation infection

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFABUTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPUTUM; URINE;

EID: 33847732288     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01680.x     Document Type: Article

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