Prospective study of infectious complications in a cohort of pediatric renal transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-463

  Martín Peña, Almudena ^a   Cordero, Elisa ^a   Fijo, Julia ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Ana ^a   Martín Govantes, Juan ^a   Torrubia, Francisco ^a   Cisneros, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infection; Pediatric renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; DACLIZUMAB; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NYSTATIN; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 65549140754     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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