Leprosy in a renal transplant recipient: Review of the literature: Short communication

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 557-562

  Guditi, S ^a   Ram, R ^a   Ismal, K M ^b   Sahay, M ^b   Dakshinamurthy, K V ^a   Girish, N ^b   Prasad, N ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b OSMANIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hansen's disease; Lepra reaction; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOFAZIMINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHEMA NODOSA LEPROSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; URINALYSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 71149086153     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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