Disseminated microsporidiosis in a renal transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 526-532

  Nagpal, A ^a   Pritt, B S ^a   Lorenz, E C ^a   Amer, H ^a   Nasr, S H ^a   Cornell, L D ^a   Iqbal, S ^a   Wilhelm, M P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon; FUO; Immunocompromised host; Kidney transplant; Microsporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BASILIXIMAB; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISSEMINATED MICROSPORIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884987087     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12119     Document Type: Article

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