Absence of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in liver transplantation recipients receiving short-term (3-month) prophylaxis

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 369-371

  Trotter, J F ^a   Levi, M ^a   Steinberg, T ^b   Lancaster, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Pneumocystis jiroveci; Pneumonia; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 52649140011     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2008.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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