Fatal disseminated toxoplasmosis in a cardiac transplantation with seropositive match for Toxoplasma: Should prophylaxis be extended?

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-197

  Castagnini, Marta ^a   Bernazzali, Sonia ^a   Ginanneschi, Chiara ^a   Marchi, Bruna ^a   Maccherini, Massimo ^a   Tsioulpas, Charilaos ^a   Tanganelli, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Diagnosis; Prophylaxis; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 36048961128     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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