Weissella confusa bacteremia in a liver transplant patient with hepatic artery thrombosis

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-293

  Harlan, Nicole P ^a   Kempker, R R ^a   Parekh, S M ^a   Burd, E M ^a   Kuhar, D T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic artery thrombosis; Liver transplantation; Vancomycin resistant organisms; Weissella confusa

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN LISPRO; LEVOFLOXACIN; METOPROLOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILOMA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STENT THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BACTEREMIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WEISSELLA;

EID: 79957971947     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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