Transmission of toxoplasmosis in two renal allograft recipients receiving an organ from the same donor

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-74

  Rogers, N M ^a   Peh, C A ^b,c   Faull, R ^b,c   Pannell, M ^d   Cooper, J ^c   Russ, G R ^a,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BASILIXIMAB; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEROPENEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PREDNISONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 38649117247     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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