Invasive pneumococcal infections in adult lung transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1366-1371

  De Bruyn, Guy ^a,b   Whelan, Timothy P ^a,c   Mulligan, Michael S ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^a   Limaye, Ajit P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Lung transplantation; Pneumococcal infections; Pneumococcal vaccines

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENTAMIDINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PREDNISONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 3543001092     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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