Hepato Gastroenterol
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Hepato Gastroenterol · Mar 2015
Multicenter StudyThe risk factors for mortality and septic shock in liver transplant recipients with ESKAPE bacteremia.
Although bacteremias due to the six ESKAPE pathogens have recently been identified as a serious emerging problems in solid organ transplant (SOT), no information in liver transplant recipients is available. We sought to investigate the risk factors for mortality and septic shock in liver transplant recipients with ESKAPE bacteremia. ⋯ To improve the results of liver transplantation, more effectively therapeutic treatments are of paramount importance when liver transplant recipients with ESKAPE bacteremia present with septic shock, elevated white blood cells count and high body temperature.