Hepatic gas gangrene following orthotopic liver transplantation: Three cases treated with re-transplantation and a review of the literature

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-285

  Doblecki Lewis, S ^a   Palaios, E ^a   Bejarano, P A ^a   Tzakis, A G ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a   Morris, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas gangrene; Hepatic artery thrombosis; Liver transplantation; Re transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; LAMIVUDINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TENOFOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIIFORME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER DOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47849100141     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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