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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 927-928
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

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The child with initially refractory skin infection after renal transplantation

(Section Editor: K. Kühn)

Markus J. Kemper, Guido Laube, Martin Blasius and Thomas J. Neuhaus

University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

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A 7-year-old boy with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease underwent pre-emptive living-related kidney transplantation from his mother. Initial immunosuppression consisted of cyclosporin, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and prednisone. Ten weeks after transplantation he experienced steroid resistant rejection (Banff Grade II) and cyclosporin was switched to tacrolimus. Renal function subsequently normalized and plasma creatinine has been stable at between 60 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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