Visceral leishmaniasis in a renal transplant recipient: Diagnostic and therapeutic problems

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 358-360

  Sharma, Raj K ^a   Jha, Ratan ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Kher, Vijay ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Kumar, Anant ^a   Gulati, Sanjeev ^a   Arora, Pradeep ^a   Murari, Manjula ^a   Bhandari, Mahendra ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnostic problems; Leishmaniasis infection; Renal allograft recipient; Renal transplantation; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 9244251017     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000169024     Document Type: Article

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