Cryptosporidium parvum-associated sclerosing cholangitis in a liver transplant patient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-136

  Denkinger, C M ^a   Harigopal, P ^b   Ruiz, P ^b   Dowdy, L M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangitis; Cryptosporidium; Liver; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

ANIMALS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROMOMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849114754     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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