Cryptosporidiosis in children following solid organ transplantation

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1135-1138

  Krause, Irit ^a,b   Amir, Jacob ^a,b   Cleper, Roxana ^a,b   Dagan, Amit ^a,b   Behor, Jaqueline ^c   Samra, Zmira ^b,c   Davidovits, Miriam ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cryptosporidium; diarrhea; gastroenteritis; kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITAZOXANIDE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84867864974     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826780f7     Document Type: Article

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