Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8819965 | Respiratory Medicine | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
This review will focus on the most common opportunistic bacterial pathogens causing pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients: Legionella, Nocardia, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/nontuberculous, and Rhodococcus. Recognition of their specificities in the setting of immunosuppression will allow early diagnosis, crucial for initiation of effective therapy and successful outcome. Interactions with immunosuppressive therapy should be considered as well as reducing immunosuppression if necessary.
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D. Wilmes, E. Coche, H. Rodriguez-Villalobos, N. Kanaan,