Aspergillus spondylodiscitis after multivisceral transplantation

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 52-57

  Gerlach, Undine A ^a   Kohler, Sven ^a   Sauer, Igor M ^a   Joerres, Dinah ^a   Kandziora, Frank ^b   Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Pratschke, Johann ^a   Pascher, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Center for Spine Surgery and Neurotraumatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Fungal spondylodiscitis; Immunosuppression; Multivisceral transplantation; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GANCICLOVIR; INFLIXIMAB; LINEZOLID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTESTINE MALROTATION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIVISCERAL TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; DISCITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; PYRIMIDINES; TACROLIMUS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 74949117656     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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