Rapidly progressive lethal infection with novel influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus in a kidney recipient: A cautionary tale

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-370

  Troppmann, Christoph ^a   Cohen, Stuart ^a   De Mattos, Angelo ^a   Perez, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; OSELTAMIVIR; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76649088676     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181c9eada     Document Type: Letter

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