Listeria monocytogenes-associated acute hepatitis in a liver transplant recipient

Liver

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-215

  Vargas, Víctor ^a,b   Alemán, Carmen ^a   De Torres, Inés ^a   Castells, Lluís ^a   Gavaldá, Joan ^a   Margarit, Carlos ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Listeria monocytogenes; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0031870211     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00153.x     Document Type: Article

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