Mycobacterium llatzerense lung infection in a liver transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2198-2200

  Teixeira, L ^a   Avery, R K ^b   Iseman, M ^c   Arrossi, A V ^a   Harrington, S ^a   Stephens, K ^d   Winans, C G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; mycobacteria; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BASILIXIMAB; CIPROFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DYSPNEA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LLATZERENSE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEDGE RESECTION;

LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIA; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881369606     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12318     Document Type: Review

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