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ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2018

Bacterial infection monitoring in the early period after liver transplantation.

Ji Soo Lee, Seung Hwan Lee, Kyeong Sik Kim, Eun Mi Gil, Gyu-Seoung Choi, Jong Man Kim, Kyong Ran Peck, Choon Hyuck David Kwon, Jae-Won Joh, Suk-Koo Lee

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Article in Annals of surgical treatment and research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Ji Soo LeeDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seung Hwan LeeDepartment of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine,Seoul, Korea.
Kyeong Sik KimDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Eun Mi GilCritical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Gyu-Seoung ChoiDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jong Man KimDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-8354
Kyong Ran PeckDivision of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Choon Hyuck David KwonDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jae-Won JohDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Suk-Koo LeeDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Samsung Medical Center · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeInfection remains the main cause of morbidity and mortality in liver transplantation (LT) recipients; however infection is notoriously difficult to diagnose because its usual signs and symptoms of infection may be masked or absent. This study comprises an analysis of bacterial infections in the early period after LT.

methodsThis is a study of 129 adults who underwent LT from January 2013 to December 2013, and it includes patients who were followed daily from the day of transplantation to 1-week posttransplantation using bacteriological cultures of blood, urine, sputum, and drained ascites.

resultsThe following factors were significantly different between the positive and negative culture groups: living donor LT

conclusionSince the full effect of immunosuppression is not yet present during the first month after LT, we suggest that the number of bacterial culture test could be reduced such that they are performed every other day depending on patient's situation.

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Culture techniquesInfectionLiver transplantation

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