Donor-derived Coccidioides immitis fungemia in solid organ transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Blodget, Emily ^a   Jan Geiseler, P ^a   Larsen, R A ^a   Stapfer, M ^a   Qazi, Y ^a   Petrovic, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Disease transmission; Fungemia; Mycoses; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862163931     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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