TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fishbein, Thomas M
AU  - Girlanda, Raffaele
TI  - Infections in intestinal and multivisceral transplant recipients. [Review]
SN  - 0891-5520
KW  - *Gastrointestinal Diseases/su [Surgery]
KW  - *Immunocompromised Host
KW  - *Opportunistic Infections/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - *Organ Transplantation
KW  - *Transplantation
KW  - Candidiasis/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Candidiasis/dt [Drug Therapy]
KW  - Candidiasis/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Opportunistic Infections/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Opportunistic Infections/dt [Drug Therapy]
KW  - Postoperative Complications
KW  - Preoperative Period
KW  - Virus Diseases/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Virus Diseases/dt [Drug Therapy]
KW  - Virus Diseases/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Surgery/Transplantation
KW  - Journal Article
KW  - Review
N1  - Available online from MWHC library: March 1996 - present
N2  - Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation has become an effective treatment option for patients with intestinal failure. More potent immunosuppressive therapy has resulted in a decreased incidence of acute rejection and has improved patient survival. However, infectious complications can cause significant morbidity both before and after transplantation. In comparison with other solid organ transplant recipients, these patients experience higher rates of acute allograft rejection, thus requiring higher levels of immunosuppression and escalating the risk of infection. This article reviews the most common infectious disease complications encountered, and proposes a potential temporal association for types of infections in this patient population. Copyright  2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2013.02.012
ER  -