Impact of Pretransplant Infections on Clinical Course in Liver Transplant Recipients

Uncontrolled infections are known to be an absolute contraindication for liver transplantation; however, the posttransplant prognosis of recipients treated for pretransplant infection is unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze pretransplant infections among liver transplant recipients and to determine their impact on posttransplant clinical outcomes.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - May 1, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Y.J. Kim, J.H. Yoon, S.I. Kim, H.J. Choi, J.Y. Choi, S.K. Yoon, Y.-K. You, D.-G. Kim Tags: Asian Transplantation Week 2017 Source Type: research