Expanding the horizons of histoplasmosis: Disseminated histoplasmosis in a renal transplant patient after a trip to Bangladesh

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Rappo, U ^a   Beitler, J R ^a   Faulhaber, J R ^a   Firoz, B ^a   Henning, J S ^a   Thomas, K M ^a   Maslow, M ^a,b   Goldfarb, D S ^a,b   Horowitz, H W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Disseminated histoplasmosis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Transplant infections

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CREATININE; GANCICLOVIR; HEMOGLOBIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OMEPRAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGLOTTITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BANGLADESH; DERMATOMYCOSES; EPIGLOTTITIS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77950581193     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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