The deceased organ donor with an "open abdomen": Proceed with caution

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-315

  Watkins, A C ^a   Vedula, G V ^a   Horan, J ^a   Dellicarpini, K ^b   Pak, S W ^a   Daly, T ^a   Samstein, B ^a   Kato, T ^a   Emond, J C ^a   Guarrera, J V ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b New York Organ Donor Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor derived infection; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PACKING; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; DECEASED ORGAN DONOR; GRAFT INFECTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OPEN ABDOMEN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862220421     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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