Early invasive Listeria monocytogene infection after orthotopic liver transplantation: Case report and review of the literature

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-91

  Kruszyna, Thomas ^a   Walsh, Mark ^a   Peltekian, Kevork ^a   Molinari, Michele ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BASILIXIMAB; BILIRUBIN; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 40449112360     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21428     Document Type: Article

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