Infection with Cryptosporidium hominis and reinfection with Cryptosporidium parvum in a transplanted ileum

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 309-313

  Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Rivasi, Francesco ^b   Cacciò, Simone Mario ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium hominis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Diarrhea; Reinfection; Transplanted ileum

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BROMHEXINE; GANCICLOVIR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LOPERAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAROMOMYCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; RANITIDINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 3442893630     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11204-0513.x     Document Type: Article

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