Coagulase-negative staphylococcus and enterococcus as predominant pathogens in liver transplant recipients with Gram-positive coccal bacteremia

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1983-1988

  Shi, Shao Hua ^a   Kong, Hai Shen ^a   Jia, Chang Ku ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Wen Jin ^a   Wang, Wei Lin ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Drug resistance; Gram positive coccus; Liver transplantation; Multiple; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METICILLIN; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COAGULASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77956113437     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.15.006     Document Type: Article

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