An epidemic of pneumocystis Jiroveci pneumonia in a renal transplantation center: Role of T-cell lymphopenia

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2818-2820

  Brunot, V ^a   Pernin, V ^a   Chartier, C ^a   Garrigue, V ^a   Vetromile, F ^a   Szwarc, I ^a   Delmas, S ^a   Portales P ^a   Basset, D ^a   Mourad, G ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DNA; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOPENIA;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMICS; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPENIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869062763     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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