Hepatic arterial thrombosis due to Mucor species in a child following orthotopic liver transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-35

  Marco Del Pont J ^a   De Cicco, L ^a   Gallo, G ^a   Llera, J ^a   De Santibanez, E ^a   D'Agostino, D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hepatic arterial thrombosis; Liver transplantation; Mucor sp.; Orthotopic transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FATAL OUTCOME; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034062034     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2000.020107.x     Document Type: Article

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