Cluster Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia Among Kidney Transplant Patients Within a Single Center

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-172

  Arichi, N ^a   Kishikawa, H ^a   Mitsui, Y ^a   Kato, T ^a   Nishimura, K ^a   Tachikawa, R ^a   Tomii, K ^a   Shiina, H ^a   Igawa, M ^a   Ichikawa, Y ^a  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PENTAMIDINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CADAVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649116678     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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