Impact of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Postoperatively After Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3271-3275

  Hashimoto, M ^a   Sugawara, Y ^a   Tamura, S ^a   Kaneko, J ^a   Matsui, Y ^a   Moriya, K ^a   Koike, K ^a   Makuuchi, M ^a  

^a Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37149001464     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.09.035     Document Type: Article

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