Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection transmitted by liver allograft in a transplant recipient: Case report

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2637-2640

  Rodriguez Hernandez, M J ^a   Ruiz Perez Pipaon, M ^a   Canas E ^a   Bernal, C ^a   Gavilan, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parasitology

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DUODENUM INJURY; ECUADOR; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; LARVA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAISE; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SERUM; SPAIN; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; ULCER; VOMITING; WORM;

AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 70350134983     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02828.x     Document Type: Article

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