Two cases of Norwalk virus enteritis following small bowel transplantation treated with oral human serum immunoglobulin

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-375

  Florescu, Diana F ^a   Hill, Lisa A ^a   McCartan, Megan A ^b   Grant, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human serum immunoglobulin; Norwalk virus enteritis; Small bowel transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NORWALK VIRUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549114197     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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