Mycobacterium abscessus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: Report of three cases and review of the literature: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 541-548

  Garrison, A P ^a   Morris, M I ^a   Doblecki Lewis, S ^a   Smith, L ^b   Cleary, T J ^a   Procop, G W ^c   Vincek, V ^d   Rosa Cunha, I ^a   Alfonso, B ^e   Burke, G W ^a   Tzakis, A ^a   Hartstein, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Immunosuppression; Mycobacterium abscessus; Tigecycline; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AMIKACIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CEFEPIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DACLIZUMAB; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCYLCYCLINE DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEPREDNISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TIGECYCLINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DNA ISOLATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 71149121853     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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