Gastroenteritis caused by Edwardsiella tarda in a pediatric renal transplant recipient

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-241

  Spencer, John David ^b   Hastings, M Colleen ^b,c   Rye, Anna Kathryn ^b,c   English, B Keith ^b,c   Ault, Bettina H ^a,b,c  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Edwardsiella tarda; Gastroenteritis; Immunosuppression; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSENTERY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; RARE DISEASE; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

CHILD; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 40149101719     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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