Analysis of Gram-positive bacterial infection in patients following liver transplantation

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2417-2421

  Li, Hong ^a   Yu, De Lei ^a   Ren, Lei ^a   Zhong, Lin ^b   Peng, Zhi Hai ^b   Teng, Mu Jian ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacillus; Liver transplantation; Molecular epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 84864213032     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.14.003     Document Type: Article

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