"True" mycotic aneurysm of the anastomotic site of the renal allograft artery

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-402

  Reddy, Chilumula Ram ^a   Ram, Rapur ^a   Swarnalatha, Gudithi ^a   Krishna, Lanka S R ^a   Prayaga, Aruna ^a   Murthy, P V L N ^a   Dakshinamurty, Kaligotla Venkata ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anastomotic site; Aneurysm; Aspergillus flavus; Magnetic resonance angiography; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; BASILIXIMAB; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEPHRECTOMY;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RENAL ARTERY; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84865104858     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6002/ect.2011.0190     Document Type: Article

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