Skin infections in 401 renal transplant recipients in Southern Turkey

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-136

  Dicle, Ozlem ^a   Parmaksizoglu, Betul ^a   Gurkan, Alihan ^a   Tuncer, Murat ^a   Demirbas, Alper ^a   Yilmaz, Ertan ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fungal infections; Immunosuppression; Pityriasis versicolor; Renal transplant recipients; Skin infections

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CANDIDA; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; FURUNCULOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMPETIGO; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PARONYCHIA; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIME; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; WART VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350501502     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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