Kluyvera co-infection in two solid organ transplant recipients: An emerging pathogen or a colonizer bystander?

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-86

  Cheruvattath, R ^a   Balan, V ^a   Stewart, R ^a   Heilman, R L ^a   Mulligan, D C ^b   Kusne, S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Kluyvera infection; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KLUYVERA; KLUYVERA ASCORBATA; KLUYVERA CRYOCRESCENS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SUPERINFECTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KLUYVERA; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PYELONEPHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33846958767     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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