Liver transplantation due to Herpes Simplex virus-related sepsis causing massive hepatic necrosis after thoracoscopic thymectomy

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-322

  Biancofiore, G ^a   Bisa M ^a   Bindi, L M ^a   Urbani, L ^b   Tascini, C ^a   Menichetti, F ^a   Filipponi, F ^b  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herpes Simplex virus; Liver failure, acute; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; CYCLOSPORIN A; D DIMER; FOSCARNET; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MEROPENEM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TEICOPLANIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SPLEEN DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; SURVIVAL; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 34447130139     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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