Acute Chagas' disease in postrenal transplant and treatment with benzonidazole

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-203

  Silva, Alex Eduardo ^a   Silva, Anna Carolina Fabiana Lúcia ^a   Faleiros, Ana Carolina Guimarães ^a   Guimarães, Camila Souza de Oliveira ^a   Corrêa, Rosana Rosa Miranda ^a   Oliveira, Flávia Aparecida ^a   Correia, Dalmo ^a   Teixeira, Alan César ^a   Ramirez, Luís Eduardo ^b   Teixeira, Vicente de Paula Antunes ^a   dos Reis, Marlene Antônia ^a  

^a Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzonidazole; Chagas' disease; Renal transplant; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZNIDAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OLIGURIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NITROIMIDAZOLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77952319351     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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