Outcome of transplantation of organs procured from bacteremic donors

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1107-1111

  Freeman, Richard B ^a   Giatras, Ioannis ^a   Falagas, Mathew E ^a   Supran, Stacey ^a   O'Connor, Kevin ^b   Bradley, James ^b   Snydman, David R ^a   Delmonico, Francis L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New England Organ Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033610477     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199910270-00008     Document Type: Article

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