Donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infections in renal transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1019-1024

  Hamilton, Keith W ^a   Abt, Peter L ^a   Rosenbach, Misha A ^a   Bleicher, Melissa B ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Mehta, Jimish ^a   Montgomery, Susan P ^b   Hasz, Richard D ^c   Bono, Bartholomew R ^d   Tetzlaff, Michael T ^a   Mildiner Early, Shirly ^a   Introcaso, Camille E ^a   Blumberg, Emily A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Gift of Life Donor Program   (United States)

^d Albert Einstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor derived infection; Hyperinfection syndrome; Renal transplant; Steroid preconditioning; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBENDAZOLE; BASILIXIMAB; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; STEROID; STRONGYLOIDES ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BARIUM ENEMA; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GASTRIC ULCER BLEEDING; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTESTINAL STRONGYLOIDIASIS; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALABSORPTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 79955533551     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182115b7b     Document Type: Article

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