Late-onset bacteremia in uncomplicated pediatric liver-transplant recipients after a febrile episode

Transplant International

Volumn 15, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 502-507

  Quirós Tejeira, Rubén E ^a   Ament, Marvin E ^a   McDiarmid, Sue V ^a   Gonzalez, Mary ^a   Chong, Roberto ^a   Vargas, Jorge H ^a   Martín, Martín G ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary strictures; Immunosuppression; Segmental graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036933587     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2002.tb00206.x     Document Type: Article

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