Survival of Clostridium perfringens sepsis in a liver transplant recipient

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1469-1472

  Diaz, Geraldine C ^a   Boyer, Thomas ^b   Renz, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BASILIXIMAB; ENTECAVIR; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENTEROCOLITIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHARGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 72949099828     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21855     Document Type: Article

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