Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in a kidney-pancreas transplant patient after exposure to recently vaccinated dogs: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-76

  Gisel, J J ^a   Brumble, L M ^a   Johnson, M M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordetella bronchiseptica; Immunocompromised; Kidney pancreas transplant; Pneumonia; Vaccination; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; LIVE VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CASE REPORT; DOG; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77149177994     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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