Mucormycosis after kidney transplantations: Report of seven cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 703-706

  Aslani, Jafar ^a   Eizadi, Morteza ^a   Kardavani, Babak ^a   Khoddami Vishteh, Hamid Reza ^a   Nemati, Eghlim ^a   Hoseini, Seyed Mohammad Javad ^a   Einollahi, Behzad ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547500955     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701299590     Document Type: Article

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