Nocardia farcinica pericarditis after kidney transplantation despite prophylaxis: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 448-453

  McPhee, L ^a   Stogsdill, P ^a   Vella, J P ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Nocardia farcinica; Pericarditis; Prophylaxis; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MYCOSIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PERICARDITIS; STERNOTOMY; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 70349661585     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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