Two decades of experience in mucormycosis after kidney transplantation

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 44-48

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a   Lessan Pezeshki, Mahboob ^b   Aslani, Jafar ^a   Nemati, Eghlim ^a   Rostami, Zohreh ^a   Hosseini, Mohammad Javad ^a   Ghadiani, Mohammad Hassan ^c   Ahmadpour, Pedram ^c   Shahbazian, Heshmatollah ^d   Pour Reza Gholi, Fatemeh ^c   Ghanji, Mohammad Reza ^b   Miladipour, Ammir Hossein ^c   Nouri Majalan, Nader ^e  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infection; Kidney transplantation; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHINOCEREBRAL INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 80054851398     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.881994     Document Type: Article

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