Urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 58-65

  Saemann M ^a   Horl W H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Renal transplantation; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FANSIDAR; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 52649178223     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02014.x     Document Type: Review

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