Pneumonia Due to Varicella-Zoster Virus Reinfection in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3959-3961

  Sato, A ^a   Amada, N ^a   Kikuchi, H ^a   Fukumori, T ^a   Haga, I ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a  

^a Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVING DONOR; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71749116883     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.195     Document Type: Article

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