Skin infections in Egyptian renal transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Bakr, N I ^a   El Sawy, E ^b   Hamdy, A F ^c   Bakr, M A ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Microbiology Department   (Egypt)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Immunosuppression; Renal transplantation; Skin infection

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; KETOCONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FURUNCULOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPETIGO; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATOMYCOSES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953308454     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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