Klebsiella oxytoca Necrotizing Fasciitis After Orthotopic Heart Transplant

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1265-1267

  Greer Bayramoglu, Rebecca ^a   Matic, Damir B ^a   Kiaii, Bob ^a   Fortin, Amanda J ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NORTH AMERICA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54249090202     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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