The onset of rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration after a brief gastrointestinal illness in a renal allograft recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-147

  Hristea, I ^a   Bunnapradist, S ^a,b   Peng, A ^a,b   Puliyanda, D ^a,b   Vo, A ^a,b   Jordan, S C ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain mass; Immunosuppression; Infection; Listeria monocytogenes; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34247621440     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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