Severe infection in a lung transplant recipient caused by donor-transmitted carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-320

  Martins, N ^a   Martins, I S ^b   de Freitas, W V ^a   de Matos, J A ^a   Magalhaes A C G ^a   Girao V B C ^a   Dias, R C S ^c   de Souza, T C ^a   Pellegrino, F L P C ^a   Costa, L D ^d   Boasquevisque, C H R ^a   Nouer S A ^a   Riley, L W ^e   Santoro Lopes, G ^a   Moreira, B M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Carbapenem resistance; Donor transmitted infection; Lung transplant

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFEPIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NORADRENALIN; POLYMYXIN B; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84862193060     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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