Candida (Torulopsis glabrata) liver abscesses eight years after orthotopic liver transplantation

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 176-179

  Annunziata, Gary M ^a   Blackstone, Michael ^a   Hart, John ^a   Piper, James ^a   Baker, Alfred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida liver abscess; Hepatic artery; Liver abscess; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFUROXIME; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILOMA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORULOPSIS GLABRATA;

CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030956968     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199704000-00012     Document Type: Article

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