Mycobacterium gordonae pulmonary disease associated with a continuous positive airway pressure device

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-252

  Assi, M A ^a   Berg, J C ^a   Marshall, W F ^a   Wengenack, N L ^a   Patel, R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; Mycobacterium gordonae; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 34547759228     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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