Skin lesions, malaise, and heart failure in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Kocher, C ^a   Segerer, S ^a   Schleich, A ^a   Caduff, R ^a   Wyler, L G ^a   Muller V ^a   Beck, B ^b   Blum, J ^b   Kamarachev, J ^a   Mueller, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Kidney transplantation; Reactivation; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BENZNIDAZOLE; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHEMA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITEMIA; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84865173308     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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