Selective decontamination in pediatric liver transplants: A randomized prospective study

Transplantation

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1306-1309

  Smith, Samuel D ^a   Jackson, Richard J ^a   Hannakan, Colleen J ^a   Wadowsky, Robert M ^a   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a   Rowe, Marc I ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COLISTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOSES; POLYMYXIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOBRAMYCIN; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0027225694     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199306000-00018     Document Type: Article

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