Incidence and risk factors for infections after liver transplant: Single-center experience at the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 608-615

  Vera, A ^a   Contreras, F ^a   Guevara, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Post transplant infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COLOMBIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHEMOPREVENTION; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84155186604     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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