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Clostridial infection of a liver transplant treated with retransplantation
S J Knechtle1, J A Babalola, A M D'Alessandro
1Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison 53792-7375, USA.
Clinical Transplantation
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Clostridial infection of a liver transplant is reported and was treated successfully with immediate retransplantation and antibiotics. This strategy may salvage patients who otherwise have a fulminant course and certain death. This case supports the general principle that infection localized to the liver can be successfully treated with retransplantation when appropriate.