Ruling out nosocomial transmission of Cryptosporidium in a renal transplantation unit: Case report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Brunet, J ^a,b   Lemoine, J P ^a   Pesson, B ^a   Valot, S ^c   Sautour, M ^c,d   Dalle, F ^c,d   Muller, C ^a   Borni Duval, C ^a   Caillard, S ^a   Moulin, B ^a   Pfaff, A W ^a,b   Razakandrainibe, R ^e   Abou Bacar, A ^a   Favennec, L ^e   Candolfi, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Case report; Cryptosporidium; Genotypic species identification; Renal transplant; Zoonotic species

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; NITAZOXANIDE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FECES ANALYSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; RETRANSPLANTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSTATS; CROSS INFECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84980325883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1661-5     Document Type: Article

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