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583. Successful prevention of Strongyloides reactivation in liver transplant recipients with individualized screening and treatment: 10 year experience at a large transplant center in New York City

BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode that can establish chronic, asymptomatic infection in human hosts. Following solid organ transplantation, subclinical infection may progress to hyperinfection syndrome, which is associated with high morbidity and mortality. However, the...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Farah, Taimur, Sarah, Gitman, Melissa R, Dunn, Dallas, Baneman, Emily, Fuller, Risa, Jacobs, Samantha E, Rana, Meenakshi, Sullivan, Timonthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776887/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.777