The outcomes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after living donor liver transplantation in a Japanese center

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 839-843

  Takatsuki, Mitsuhisa ^a   Eguchi, Susumu ^a   Yamanouchi, Kosho ^a   Hidaka, Masaaki ^a   Soyama, Akihiko ^a   Miyazaki, Kensuke ^a   Tajima, Yoshitsugu ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Living donor; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACETAMIDES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952198259     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-010-0273-5     Document Type: Article

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