Diagnosis and treatment of digestive cryptosporidiosis in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: A prospective single centre study

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 858-862

  Legrand, F ^a   Grenouillet, F ^b   Larosa, F ^a   Dalle, F ^b,c   Saas, P ^d   Millon, L ^b,e   Deconinck, E ^a,d   Rohrlich, P S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

azithromycin; bitherapy nitazoxanide; cryptosporidium parvum

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BUDESONIDE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITAZOXANIDE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREATITIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AZITHROMYCIN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIAZOLES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958083854     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.200     Document Type: Article

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