COMPARATIVE RISK OF BLOOD-STREAM INFECTION IN ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Authors
MCCLEAN K KNETEMAN N TAYLOR G
Citation
K. Mcclean et al., COMPARATIVE RISK OF BLOOD-STREAM INFECTION IN ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 15(9), 1994, pp. 582-584
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
15
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
582 - 584
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1994)15:9<582:CROBII>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
To determine relative rates and sources of nosocomial bloodstream infe ction in solid organ transplant recipients, concurrently collected dat a on 277 consecutive patients were reviewed. Twenty-eight patients dev eloped 40 infections. Liver recipients experienced a higher rate (28%) than either kidney (5%) or heart, heart-lung (10%). Primary infection s (60% overall) caused by gram-positive bacteria (59% overall) predomi nated at all three sites.