Successful transplantation of organs retrieved from a donor with enterococcal endocarditis

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 387-389

  Caballero, Francisco ^a   López Navidad, Antonio ^a   Domingo, Pere ^b   Solà, Ricard ^c   Guirado, Luis ^c   Figueras, Joan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endocarditis, organ donor; Enterococcal endocarditis, kidney donor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0031721223     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050163     Document Type: Article

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