Unusual presentation of cytomegalovirus enteritis after liver and kidney transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-346

  Alhyraba, M ^a   Grim, S A ^a   Benedetti, E ^a   Clark, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Enteritis; Gastrointestinal; Shock; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK;

EID: 35848962718     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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