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Post-transplant Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia—a re-emerged public health problem?

Post-transplant Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia—a re-emerged public health problem?

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1427004195

Post-transplant Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia—a re-emerged public health problem?

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Full title

Post-transplant Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia—a re-emerged public health problem?

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

Kidney international, 2013-08, Vol.84 (2), p.240-243

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Pneumocystis jirovecii is a unicellular organism that in individuals with impaired immunity may cause pneumonia that can progress from minor illness to severe inflammatory pneumonia (PCP) with respiratory failure and death. Despite antimicrobial prophylaxis, which has reduced the incidence of PCP, clusters of late infections have been reported amon...

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Full title

Post-transplant Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia—a re-emerged public health problem?

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1427004195

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1427004195

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ISSN

0085-2538

E-ISSN

1523-1755

DOI

10.1038/ki.2013.212

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