Impact of bacterial and fungal donor organ contamination in lung, heart-lung, heart and liver transplantation

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Mattner, F ^a   Kola, A ^a   Fischer, S ^b   Becker, T ^b   Haverich, A ^b   Simon, A ^b   Suerbaum, S ^a   Gastmeier, P ^a   Weissbrodt H ^a   Struber M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DONOR ORGAN CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 45849086118     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7157-x     Document Type: Article

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