Intra-abdominal fungal infections after pancreatic transplantation: Incidence, treatment, and outcome

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-316

  Benedetti, Enrico ^a   Gruessner, Angelika C ^b   Troppmann, Christoph ^a   Papalois, Basil E ^b   Sutherland, David E R ^a   Dünn, David L ^b   Gruessner, Rainer W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; NYSTATIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029780309     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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