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Comparative Risk of Bloodstream Infection in Organ Transplant Recipients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

K. McClean ,
N. Kneteman  and
G. Taylor
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Abstract:

To determine relative rates and sources of nosocomial bloodstream infection in solid organ transplant recipients, concurrently collected data on 277 consecutive patients were reviewed. Twenty-eight patients developed 40 infections. Liver recipients experienced a higher rate (28%) than either kidney (5%) or heart, heart-lung (10%). Primary infections (60% overall) caused by gram-positive bacteria (59% overall) predominated at all three sites.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 9 , September 1994 , pp. 582 - 584
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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