Two donor-related infections in a heart transplant recipient: One common, the other a tropical surprise

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1433-1437

  Brgemann, Johan ^a   Kampinga, Greetje A ^a   Riezebos Brilman, Annelies ^a   Stek, Cari J ^a   Edel, Jan Pieter ^a   Van Der Bij, Wim ^a   Sprenger, Herman G ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cytomegalovirus; heart transplantation; opportunistic infection; parasitemia; Strongyloides

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; IVERMECTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OSELTAMIVIR; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78649315842     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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