Hepatic gas gangrene following liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 468-469

  Johannes, Hadem ^a   Westerkamp, Volker ^a   Trautwein, Christian ^b   Winkler, Michael ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a   Hafer, Carsten ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947412400     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21032     Document Type: Article

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