Nocardiosis in a renal transplant recipient following rituximab preconditioning

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-64

  Bonatti, Hugo J R ^a   Flohr, Tanya R ^b   Sifri, Costi D ^b   Brayman, Kenneth L ^b   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^b   Sawyer, Robert G ^b   Pruett, Timothy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB;

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIOSIS; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 65249161857     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009730802604931     Document Type: Letter

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