Opportunistic infections in a renal transplant recipient

• Main Authors: Vijaya V. Mysorekar (Author), Mahesh Eshwarappa (Author), Umesh Lingaraj (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: MDPI AG, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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With the present progress in transplantation procedures, there is an improvement in patient and allograft survival. However, the immunosuppression necessary to sustain the allograft predisposes these transplant recipients to infection, which is now a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. We...