Surveillance of toxoplasma gondii infection in recipients of thoracic solid organ transplants

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-302

  Sarchi, Eleonora ^a   Genco, Francesca ^a   Di Matteo, Angela ^a   Castiglioni, Barbara ^a   Minoli, Lorenzo ^a   Meroni, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prophylaxis; Thoracic solid organ transplantation; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFALENE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; ITALY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SULFALENE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34547947766     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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