Is Bacteremic Sepsis Associated With Higher Mortality in Transplant Recipients Than in Nontransplant Patients? A Matched Case-Control Propensity-Adjusted Study
Author(s) -
André C. Kalil,
Ather Ahmed Syed,
Mark E. Rupp,
Heather Chambers,
Luciano M. Vargas,
Alexander Maskin,
Clifford D. Miles,
Alan N. Langnas,
Diana F. Florescu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu789
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , bacteremia , propensity score matching , presentation (obstetrics) , intensive care medicine , blood culture , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Sepsis is a serious complication of solid organ transplant (SOT). Evidence on survival differences between SOT recipients and non-SOT patients with sepsis is lacking.
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