Outcomes of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia infections in pediatric heart transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 844-848

  Ng, Benton ^a   Dipchand, Anne ^b   Naftel, David ^c   Rusconi, Paolo ^d   Boyle, Gerard ^e   Zaoutis, Theo ^f   Edens, R Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

heart; infection; pediatric; Pneumocystis jiroveci; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155191364     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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