Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis and ureteral obstruction after liver transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Zhu, L P ^a,b   Chen, X S ^c   Wu, J Q ^a,b   Yang, F F ^a,b   Weng, X H ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Liver transplantation; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; CREATININE; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; TEICOPLANIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYDROURETER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ITRACONAZOLE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPUTUM; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79953300482     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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