Bacterial- and fungal-positive cultures in organ donors: Clinical impact in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1253-1259

  Cerutti, Elisabetta ^a   Stratta, Chiara ^a   Romagnoli, Renato ^a   Serra, Roberto ^a   Lepore, Mirella ^a   Fop, Fabrizio ^a   Mascia, Luciana ^a   Lupo, Francesco ^a   Franchello, Alessandro ^a   Panio, Angelo ^a   Salizzoni, Mauro ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY FLUIDS; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33746887078     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20811     Document Type: Article

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