Strongyloides stercoralis transmission by kidney transplantation in two recipients from a common donor

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2483-2486

  Roseman, D A ^a   Kabbani, D ^b   Kwah, J ^a   Bird, D ^a   Ingalls, R ^a   Gautam, A ^a   Nuhn, M ^a   Francis, J M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Donor derived infection; hyperinfection syndrome; kidney transplantation; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IVERMECTIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART ARREST; HEMODIALYSIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LARVA; LEUKOPENIA; MALABSORPTION; MALE; NAUSEA; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; VOMITING;

DONOR-DERIVED INFECTION; HYPERINFECTION SYNDROME; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IVERMECTIN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84883460109     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12390     Document Type: Article

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