Universal perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is not necessary in kidney transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-442

  Laftavi, Mark R ^a   Rostami, Rezvan ^a   Patel, Sunil ^a   Kohli, Romesh ^a   Laftavi, Helia ^a   Feng, Lin ^a   Said, Meriem ^a   Dayton, Merril ^a   Pankewycz, Oleh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial prophylaxis; Immunosuppression; Infection; Kidney transplantation; Renal

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TACROLIMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862240360     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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