Bacterial infections in the early period after liver transplantation: Etiological agents and their susceptibility

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Kawecki, Dariusz ^a   Chmura, Andrzej ^a   Pacholczyk, Marek ^a   Lagiewska, Beata ^a   Adadynski, Leszek ^a   Wasiak, Dariusz ^a   Czerwinski, Jaroslaw ^a   Malkowski, Piotr ^a   Sawicka Grzelak, Anna ^a   Kot, Katarzyna ^a   Wroblewska, Marta ^a   Rowinski, Wojciech ^a   Durlik, Magdalena ^a   Paczek, Leszek ^a   Luczak, Miroslaw ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Bacterial infections; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDWELLING CATHETER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149172008     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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