Multidrug-resistant bacteria in organ transplantation: An emerging threat with limited therapeutic options

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 504-513

  Patel, Gopi ^a   Rana, Meenakshi M ^a   Huprikar, Shirish ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Burkholderia; CRE; KPC; MRSA; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; VRE

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA INFECTION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84890745295     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-013-0371-z     Document Type: Article

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