Staphylococcus aureus infections after liver transplantation

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-269

  Florescu, D F ^a,b   McCartney, A M ^a   Qiu, F ^a   Langnas, A N ^b   Botha, J ^b   Mercer, D F ^b   Grant, W ^b   Kalil, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Liver transplantation; Outcome; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OXACILLIN; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTUBATION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEBRASKA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864285271     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0224-3     Document Type: Article

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