Considerations on infectious complications using a drowned lung for transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Hoetzenecker, Konrad ^a   Ankersmit, Hendrik J ^a   Lang, György ^a   Scheed, Axel ^a   Marta, Gabriel ^a   Jaksch, Peter ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Expanded donor pool; Infection; Lung transplantation; Submersion

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DONOR SELECTION; DROWNING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 77953177967     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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