Fumagillin for treatment of intestinal microsporidiosis in renal transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1925-1930

  Champion, L ^a   Durrbach, A ^b   Lang, P ^c   Delahousse, M ^d   Chauvet, C ^e   Sarfati, C ^a   Glotz, D ^a   Molina, J M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^e EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; fumagillin; microsporidiosis; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLISINT; FUMAGILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIOSIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLOHEXANES; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 77954928395     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03166.x     Document Type: Article

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