Invasive pneumococcal disease in solid organ transplant recipients - 10-Year prospective population surveillance

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1209-1214

  Kumar, D ^a   Humar, A ^a   Plevneshi, A ^b   Green, K ^b   Prasad, G V R ^c   Siegal, D ^d   McGeer, A ^b   Da Camara, P ^e   Downey, J ^e   Devlin, H R ^c   Dick, H ^f   Gaid, I N ^g   Kitai, I ^g   Garrod, P ^h   Rau, N ^h   Lovinsky, R ⁱ   Noria, D ⁱ   Rose, D ⁱ   Braithwaite, J ⁱ   Jamieson, F ^j   Grossman, R ^k   Kapala, J ^l   Krajden, S ^m   Lee, K S ⁿ   Baqi, M ⁿ   Loeb, M ^o   Smaill, F ^o   Lovgren, M ^p   Tyrrell, G ^p   Matlow, A G ^q   McKeown, R ^r   Mederski, B ^s   Katz, K ^s   Moloo, Z ^t   Richardson, D ^t   Quan, C ^t   Naus, M ^u   Ostrowska, K ^k   Sarabia, A ^k   Shokry, P ^v   Ephtimios, I ^v   Simor, A E ^w   Vearncombe, M ^w   Sturman, D ^x   Van Nostrand, P ^y   Walmsley, S ^z   Low, D ^b   Willey, B ^b   Pong Porter, S ^b   Yaffe, B ^aa   Yamamura, D ^ab   Silverman, M ^ac   Robertson, R ^ad   Volkening, G ^ae   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Vita Tech Laboratories   (Canada)

^g Rouge Valley Health System   (Canada)

^h Halton Healthcare Services   (Canada)

ⁱ SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j Ontario Public Health Association   (Canada)

^k CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^m ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁿ HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^p National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

^q HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^r Region of Peel   (Canada)

^s NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^t William Osler Health Center   (Canada)

^u BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^v MARKHAM STOUFFVILLE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^w SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^x Bridgepoint Health   (Canada)

^y TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^z UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^aa CITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^ab MDS Laboratories   (Canada)

^ac LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^ad Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

^ae ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Incidence; Pneumococcus; Pneumonia; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PAROTITIS; PERITONITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34247352940     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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