Bloodstream infections in liver transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-281

  Singh, Nina ^a   Gayowski, Timothy ^a   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a   Marino, Ignazio R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Fungmia; Infections; Liver transplants; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BILIARY TRACT; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030820768     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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