Cryptosporidiosis. A rare infection in renal transplantation;Criptosporidiosis. Una infección rara en el trasplante renal

Nefrologia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 753-754

  Franco, Antonio ^a   Rocamora, N ^a   Merino, E ^a   Paya, A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Anatomía Patológica

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AZATHIOPRINE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALNUTRITION; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPIRAMYCIN;

EID: 34147120645     PISSN: 02116995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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