Visceral leishmaniasis after kidney transplantation: Report of a new case and a review of the literature

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-35

  Bouchekoua, Myriam ^a   Trabelsi, Sonia ^a   Ben Abdallah, Taieb ^a   Khaled, Samira ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHENIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INJECTION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREATITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84889609287     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: 15579816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2013.10.007     Document Type: Review

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