Bacterial contamination of organ graft preservation solution and infection after transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-334

  Sauget, M ^a,b   Verdy, S ^a   Slekovec, C ^a,b   Bertrand, X ^a,b   Talon, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; PFGE typing; Preservation solution; Recipient infection; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PRESERVATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 79961207217     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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