Incidence and outcome of infection by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus following orthotopic liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-442

  Newell, Kenneth A ^a,b   Millis, J Michael ^a   Arnow, Paul M ^a   Bruce, David S ^a   Woodle, E Steve ^a   Cronin, David C ^a   Loss, George E ^a   Grewal, Hani ^a   Lissoos, Trevor ^a   Schiano, Thomas ^a   Mead, Jeanne ^a   Thistlethwaite Jr , J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Section of Transplantation Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOTAXIME; CYCLOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032520152     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199802150-00027     Document Type: Article

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