Screening and treatment of chagas disease in organ transplant recipients in the United States: Recommendations from the chagas in transplant working group

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-680

  Chin Hong, P V ^a   Schwartz, B S ^a   Bern, C ^b   Montgomery, S P ^b   Kontak, S ^c   Kubak, B ^d   Morris, M I ^e   Nowicki, M ^f   Wright, C ^g   Ison, M G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c New York Organ Donor Network   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f National Institute of Transplantation Los Angeles   (United States)

^g LifeLink Foundation   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; donor derived infection; nonendemic countries; T. cruzi; transplant infectious disease

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NIFURTIMOX; POSACONAZOLE; TACROLIMUS;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSGEUSIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOOD CHANGE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEURITIS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TISSUE DONORS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79953241355     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03444.x     Document Type: Article

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