Clostridial infection in a liver transplant recipient

Authors: Solis, Diego R; Hemming, Alan W; Reed, Alan; Van der Werf, Willem J; Fujita, Shiro; Howard, Richard J

Source: Clinical Transplantation, Volume 18, Number 6, December 2004 , pp. 726-728(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Solis DR, Hemming AW, Reed A, Van der Werf WJ, Fujita S, Howard RJ. Clostridial infection in a liver transplant recipient. Clin Transplant 2004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00134.x

Clostridium perfringens infection in a liver transplant recipientis a rare complication. We report a case of a liver allograft gas gangrene. The case illustrates the fulminant and rapidly devastating course of this complication.

Keywords: clostridial infection; liver allograft infection; liver transplantation

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00134.x

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