NIDDK Central Repository - Effects of infection on post-transplant outcomes: living versus deceased donor liver transplants.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.5114/ceh.2018.73464

PubMed ID

29594195

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2018

Affiliation

Brown University, United States.; Hartford Hospital, United States.; Brown University, United States.; Brown University, United States.

Authors

Siddique Osama, Siddique Ayesha S, Machan Jason T, Promrat Kittichai

Studies

A2ALL

Abstract

Post-transplant infections have been studied widely but data on comparisons of deceased donor liver transplants (DDLT) and living donor liver transplants (LDLT), type and timings of infections, and their relations to outcomes are not explored.