The utilization of solid organs for transplantation in the setting of infection with multidrug-resistant organisms: An expert opinion

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 811-815

  Bishara, Jihad ^a,b   Goldberg, Elad ^a,b   Lev, Shaul ^a,b   Singer, Pierre ^a,b   Ashkenazi, Tamar ^c   Cohen, Jonathan ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Israel Transplant   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae; KPC; Multidrug resistant organisms; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ENTEROBACTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84870687540     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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