Chronic norovirus gastroenteritis in a double hematopoietic stem cell and lung transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-215

  Boillat Blanco, N ^a   Kuonen, R ^a   Bellini, C ^a   Manuel, O ^a   Estrade, C ^a   Mazza Stalder, J ^a   Aubert, J D ^a   Sahli, R ^a   Meylan, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic; Gastroenteritis; Genotyping; Immunocompromised; Norovirus; Quantitative amplification

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953322199     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00565.x     Document Type: Letter

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