Epidemiology and risk factors for bacteremia in 144 consecutive living-donor liver transplant recipients.

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Published in Yonsei Med J on February 24, 2009

Authors

Sang Il Kim1, Youn Jeong Kim, Yoon Hee Jun, Seong Heon Wie, Yang Ree Kim, Jong Young Choi, Seung Kyu Yoon, In Sung Moon, Dong Goo Kim, Myung Duk Lee, Moon Won Kang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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