Etiologic agents of diarrhea in solid organ recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 270-275

  Arslan, H ^a   Inci, E K ^a   Azap, O K ^a   Karakayali, H ^a   Torgay, A ^a   Haberal, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Etiology; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; LAXATIVE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLCHICINE; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAXATIVES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

EID: 35848936296     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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