Effect of Intraoperative Single-Shot Application of Vancomycin in Liver Transplant Recipients on Postoperative Infections With Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.

CONCLUSIONS: Although postoperative Enterococcus species infections can be reduced after liver transplant by adding vancomycin to the intraoperative antibiotic regimen, it does not improve the long-term outcomes. PMID: 29676703 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - April 20, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Siebers C, Kinzinger J, Hinske LC, Bauer A, Scheiermann P, Zoller M, Guba M, Angele M, Pratschke S, Weig T Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research