A rare case of acute renal failure due to massive renal allograft infiltration with Candida glabrata

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 374-376

  Wasi, Nadia ^a   Reddivari, Venkata ^b   Salinas Madrigal, Luis ^a   Garvin, Paul ^a   Bastani, Bahar ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Alemtuzumab; Candida glabrata; Renal transplantation; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 44449166816     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm695     Document Type: Article

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