Uncomplicated strongyloidiasis in a liver transplant recipient on steroid-free immunosuppression

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-185

  Sen, S ^a   Dawwas, M F ^a   Nash, K L ^b   Gimson, A E ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IVERMECTIN; LIVER ENZYME; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; AZATHIOPRINE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 77950558061     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00462.x     Document Type: Letter

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