Late recurrent urinary tract infections may produce renal allograft scarring even in the absence of symptoms or vesicoureteric reflux

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Dupont, Peter J ^a   Psimenou, Erasmia ^a   Lord, Rozanne ^a   Buscombe, John R ^a   Hilson, Andrew J ^a   Sweny, Paul ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Scarring; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteric reflux; DMSA SPECT scan

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY SCAR; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 34547862050     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000275377.09660.fa     Document Type: Article

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