First cases of microsporidiosis in transplant recipients in spain and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1301-1306

  Galvan A L ^a,b   Sánchez, A M Martín ^c   Valentín, M A Pérez ^c   Henriques Gil, N ^a   Izquierdo, F ^a   Fenoy, S ^a   Del Aguila, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUMAGILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUID THERAPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPAIN;

AGED; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 79953905133     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01833-10     Document Type: Article

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