Nocardia in solid organ transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Clark, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetales; Anti infective agents; Nocardia infections; Pneumonia; Prevention and control; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RITUXIMAB; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRYSTALLURIA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERKALEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72949112262     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02896.x     Document Type: Review

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