Infections in heart transplant recipients in Brazil: The challenge of Chagas' disease

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-290

  Godoy, Henrique L ^a   Guerra, Carla M ^a   Viegas, Ruy F ^a   Dinis, Rosiane Z ^a   Branco, Joao N ^a   Neto, Vicente A ^b   Almeida, Dirceu R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

allopurinol; Chagas' disease; immunosuppression; infections; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHAGAS DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77349094061     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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