Microsporidiosis acquired through solid organ transplantation a public health investigation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 213-220

  Hocevar, Susan N ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Spak, Cedric W ^b   Rosenblatt, Randall ^b   Diaz Luna, Hector ^c   Castillo, Isabel ^c   Luna, Sergio ^c   Friedman, Glen C ^c   Antony, Suresh ^c   Stoddard, Robyn A ^a   Tiller, Rebekah V ^a   Peterson, Tammie ^b   Blau, Dianna M ^a   Sriram, Rama R ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre ^a   De Almeida, Marcos ^a   Benedict, Theresa ^a   Goldsmith, Cynthia S ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^a   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Las Palmas Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NITAZOXANIDE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STREPTOMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANURIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COLON BIOPSY; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSPORIDIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE SAMPLING; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84988521057     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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