Prevalence of Infection and Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment in Brain-Dead Organ Donors

Prevalence of Infection and Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment in Brain-Dead Organ Donors

Purpose: Infection control of the brain-dead donors (BDDs) is crucial to improve graft quality and ensure safety of the recipients. Sparse clinical data about infection of BDD in Korea poses difficulties in choice of antibiotics. We conducted this study to estimate the prevalence of infection and su...

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Main Authors: Yo Hwan Kim, Hong Rae Cho, Byung Kyun Ko, Yang Won Nah, Chang Woo Nam, Sang Jun Park, Song-Soo Yang, Kyu-Hyouck Kyoung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Acute Care Surgery
Subjects:
brain-dead donor
infection
multi-drug resistant organism
Online Access:http://www.jacs.or.kr/upload/pdf/jacs-5-15.pdf

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