Falciparum malaria transmitted by a thick blood smear negative kidney donor

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 769-771

  Bemelman, Frederike ^a   De Blok, Koen ^a   De Vries, Peter ^a   Surachno, S ^a   Berge, Ineke Ten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUDAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944220978     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020901a     Document Type: Article

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