High frequency of clinically significant infections and cytomegalovirus disease in kidney transplant recipients with serum mannose-binding lectin deficiency

Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Ghods, Farinaz J ^a   Solgi, Ghasem ^b   Amirzargar, Ali Akbar ^b   Nikbin, Behrouz ^b   Ghods, Ahad J ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Infections; Kidney transplantation; Mannose binding lectin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549087671     PISSN: 17358582     EISSN: 17358604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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