Fatal cross infection by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella in two liver transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Mathers, A J ^a   Cox, H L ^a   Bonatti, H ^a   Kitchel, B ^b   Brassinga, A K C ^a   Wispelwey, B ^a   Sawyer, R G ^a   Pruett, T L ^a   Hazen, K C ^a   Patel, J B ^b   Sifri, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

lactam; Carbapenem; Carbapenemase; Enterobacteriaeae; Klebsiella; KPC; Liver transplantation; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TIGECYCLINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67149131848     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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