Cryptosporidium parvum infection vs GVHD after hematopoietic SCT: Diagnosis by PCR with resolution of symptoms

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-614

  Sebastian E ^a   Martin J ^a   McDonald, G B ^b   Flores, T ^a   Rodriguez A ^a   Blanco, A ^c   Vazquez, L ^a   De Fuentes, I ^c   Caballero, M D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUDESONIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITAZOXANIDE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTOSTATIN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROTAVIRUS; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STOMACH BIOPSY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS DETECTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79953685207     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.156     Document Type: Letter

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