Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization at liver transplantation: A management challenge

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 631-633

  Giannella, Maddalena ^a   Morelli, Maria Cristina ^b   Cristini, Francesco ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^b   Cescon, Matteo ^b   Bartoletti, Michele ^a   Tedeschi, Sara ^a   Pasqualini, Eddi ^b   Lewis, Russell E ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^b   Viale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899548380     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23857     Document Type: Letter

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