Risk factors for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PcP) in renal transplant recipients.

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Published in Nephrol Dial Transplant on November 11, 2010

Authors

Frank Eitner1, Ingeborg A Hauser, Olaf Rettkowski, Thomas Rath, Kai Lopau, Rainer U Pliquett, Roman Fiedler, Markus Guba, Ralf-Dieter Hilgers, Jürgen Floege, Michael Fischereder

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany. feitner@ukaachen.de

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