Successful treatment with fumagillin of the first pediatric case of digestive microsporidiosis in a liver-kidney transplant

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Desoubeaux, G ^a,b   Maakaroun Vermesse, Z ^a   Lier, C ^a   Bailly, E ^a   Morio, F ^c,d   Labarthe, F ^a,b   Bernard, L ^a,b   Chandenier, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Fumagillin; Intestinal microsporidiosis; Liver kidney transplant; PCR; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FUMAGILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCYTOZOON; EXPLANT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIOSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXALOSIS 1; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; FUMAGILLIN; INTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIOSIS; LIVER-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT; PCR; PEDIATRICS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOHEXANES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 84888873465     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12158     Document Type: Article

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