Association of disseminated nocardiosis and Kaposi's sarcoma after kidney transplantation;Nocardiose disséminée associée à un sarcome de Kaposi après transplantation rénale

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 446-449

  Abderrahim, E ^a   Jbali, H ^a   Ounissi, M ^a   Hedri, H ^a   Bakir, S ^a   Ben Abdallah, T ^a   Ben Maiz H ^a   Kheder , A ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Infectious complications; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kidney transplantation; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE ACID PROTEIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; NOCARDIOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECIPIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 64749083669     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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