Rotavirus enteritis in solid organ transplant recipients: An underestimated problem?

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-285

  Stelzmueller, I ^a   Wiesmayr, S ^a   Swenson, B R ^b   Biebl, M ^a   Goegele, H ^a   Margreiter, R ^a   Bonatti, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Liver recipients; Rotavirus; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 35848952274     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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