Ochroconis gallopava: A dematiaceous mold causing infections in transplant recipients

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Qureshi, Zubair A ^a   Kwak, Eun J ^b   Nguyen, M Hong ^b   Silveira, Fernanda P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dactylaria; Dematiaceous; Immunosuppression; Ochroconis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOULD; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY;

AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856629966     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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