Clostridial infection in a liver transplant recipient

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 726-728

  Solis, Diego R ^a   Hemming, Alan W ^a   Reed, Alan ^a   Van der Werf, Willem J ^a   Fujita, Shiro ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridial infection; Liver allograft infection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE COURSE; GAS GANGRENE; GRAM STAINING; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 8644271813     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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