Infection complicating percutaneous liver biopsy in liver transplant recipients

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1406-1409

  Larson, Anne M ^a   Chan, Gerald C ^a   Wartelle, Claire F ^a   McVicar, John P ^b   Carithers Jr , Robert L ^a   Hamill, Geoff M ^a   Kowoley, Kris V ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLEEDING; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030716181     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260605     Document Type: Article

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