Transmission of cytomegalovirus infection with renal allograft
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rare presentations of cytomegalovirus infection in renal allograft recipients
cytomegalovirus is the most common viral infection after kidney transplantation. clinical presentations of cytomegalovirus infection range from asymptomatic infection to organ-specific involvement. most symptomatic infections manifest as fever and cytopenia. the gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of tissue-invasive infection, often presenting as diarrhea or gastrointestinal bleeding...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1975.131