Consequences of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in liver transplant recipients: A matched control study

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 711-716

  Gearhart, Michelle ^a   Martin, Jill E ^a   Rudich, Steve ^a   Thomas, Mark ^a   Wetzel, Dave ^a   Solomkin, Joseph ^a   Hanaway, Michael J ^a   Aranda Michel, Jaime ^a   Weber, Fred ^a   Trumball, Leslie ^a   Bass, Maryetta ^a   Zavala, Ed ^a   Woodle, E Steve ^a   Buell, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Vancomycin; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL; URINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 28644450857     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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