Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia in renal transplant recipients: A national center experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1614-1617

  Borstnar, S ^a   Lindic, J ^a   Tomazic, J ^a   Kandus, A ^a   Pikelj, A ^a   Prah, J ^a   Skvarc, M ^b   Godnov, U ^c   Kovac, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84878546993     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.02.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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