Prototheca species are unicellular algae of low virulence that are rarely associated with human infections. We report a liver transplant recipient with disseminated protothecosis and review the literature on this unusual opportunistic infection in transplant recipients. Of 9 cases, including ours, 5
Pregnancy after liver transplantation
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20851
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