Invasive fungal infections following renal transplantation: A review of 2410 recipients

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 55-58

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a   Lessan Pezeshki, Mahboob ^b   Pourfarziani, Vahid ^a   Nemati, Eghlim ^a   Nafar, Mohsen ^c   Pour Reza Gholi, Fatemeh ^c   Ghadyani, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Samadian, Fariba ^c   Ahmadpoor, Pedram ^c   Aslani, Jafar ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fungal infections; Mucormycosis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 65849226915     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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