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Routine Cryptococcal Antigen Screening in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Is it Time to Save Lives and Money?
BACKGROUND: Cryptococcosis affects 1 in 270 solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients with high mortality. In HIV-infected patients, cryptococcal antigen (CRAG) is detectable in blood weeks to months before symptomatic infection and screening is recommended. No screening guidelines exist for SOT recip...
Autores principales: | George, Ige, Rajasingham, Radha, Powderly, William, Boulware, David |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631690/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.128 |
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