RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Common infectious complications of liver transplant
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 773
OP 784
DO 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14118
VO 82
IS 11
A1 Chelala, Lydia
A1 Kovacs, Christopher S.
A1 Taege, Alan J.
A1 Hanouneh, Ibrahim A.
YR 2015
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/11/773.abstract
AB Major improvements in the care of liver transplant recipients have mitigated but not eliminated the risk of potentially life-threatening infectious complications. This review provides general information about risk factors, prophylactic strategies, diagnostic workup, and therapy for some of the most commonly encountered infections after liver transplant.