Plasmodium falciparum infection transmitted by living kidney donation: A case report from Iran

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Kidney; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE JAUNDICE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEADACHE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; IRAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVING DONOR; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETICULOCYTOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THALASSEMIA MINOR; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WEAKNESS; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65849429704     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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