Influence of Pretransplantation Bacterial and Fungal Culture Positivity on Outcome after Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-252

  Kim, B S ^a   Lee, S G ^b   Hwang, S ^b   Ahn, C S ^b   Kim, K H ^b   Moon, D B ^b   Ha, T Y ^b   Song, G W ^b   Jung, D H ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60649111917     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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