Efficacy of levofloxacin in the treatment of BK viremia: A multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-589

  Lee, Belinda T ^a   Gabardi, Steven ^a   Grafals, Monica ^a   Hofmann, R Michael ^a   Akalin, Enver ^a   Aljanabi, Aws ^a   Mandelbrot, Didier A ^a   Adey, Deborah B ^a   Heher, Eliot ^a   Fan, Pang Yen ^a   Conte, Sarah ^a   Dyer Ward, Christine ^a   Chandraker, Anil ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BK VIRUS; CREATININE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 84896808227     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04230413     Document Type: Article

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