Klebsiella necrotizing soft tissue infections in liver transplant recipients: A case series

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Rana, M M ^a   Sturdevant, M ^b   Patel, G ^a   Huprikar, S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver transplant; Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; BILIRUBIN; CARBAPENEMASE; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; DACLIZUMAB; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMIPENEM; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART ARREST; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCISION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; PARACENTESIS; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84880828322     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12103     Document Type: Article

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