Fatal Escherichia coli skin and soft tissue infections in liver transplant recipients: Report of three cases

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Janny, S ^a   Bert, F ^a   Dondero, F ^a   Nicolas Chanoine, M H ^a,b   Belghiti, J ^a,b   Mantz, J ^a,b   Paugam Burtz, C ^a,b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Liver transplantation; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BASILIXIMAB; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENTAMICIN; HOST FACTOR; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SERUM ALBUMIN; SIDEROPHORE; TACROLIMUS; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILL; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIALYSIS CATHETER; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WEIGHT GAIN; WILSON DISEASE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84875943948     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12046     Document Type: Article

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