Single time point immune function assay (ImmuKnow™) testing does not aid in the prediction of future opportunistic infections or acute rejection

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Huskey, Janna ^a   Gralla, Jane ^b,c   Wiseman, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SECRETION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORADO; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951891681     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04210510     Document Type: Article

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