Infections in recipients of kidney transplants

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2001 Sep;15(3):901-52, xi. doi: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70178-1.

Abstract

A review of infections in kidney transplant recipients is presented in this article, beginning with a discussion of the pretransplant infectious diseases evaluation and an overview of the timing of infectious posttransplant, and then focusing on individual types of infection.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Bacterial Infections / therapy
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Opportunistic Infections* / diagnosis
  • Opportunistic Infections* / therapy
  • Parasitic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Parasitic Diseases / parasitology
  • Parasitic Diseases / therapy
  • Virus Diseases / diagnosis
  • Virus Diseases / therapy
  • Virus Diseases / virology