Risk Factors for Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients With ESKAPE Infection

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 3560 - 3563
• Main Authors: Song, S.H, Li, X.X, Wan, Q.Q, Ye, Q.F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2014
• Subjects: China - epidemiology; Female; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - mortality; Humans; Klebsiella Infections - mortality; Liver Transplantation - adverse effects; Male; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Shock, Septic - mortality; Staphylococcal Infections - mortality; Surgery; Survival Rate - trends; Transplant Recipients; China

Abstract Background Although infections caused by the pathogens Enterococcus faecium , Staphylococcus aureus , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Acinetobacter baumannii , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and Enterobacter spp (ESKAPE) have recently been identified as serious emerging problems in solid organ transplant...