Toxoplasma gondii primary infection in renal transplant recipients. Two case reports and literature review

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Martina, María Noel ^a   Cervera, Carlos ^a   Esforzado, Nuria ^a   Linares, Laura ^a   Torregrosa, Vicenç ^a   Sanclemente, Gemma ^a   Hoyo, Irma ^a   Cofan, Federico ^a   Oppenheimer, Federico ^a   Miro, Jose M ^a   Campistol, Jose María ^a   Moreno, Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

primary infection; renal transplantation; toxoplasmosis; trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; JANUS KINASE 3 INHIBITOR; LEVOFLOXACIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ATOVAQUONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 78649985497     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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