Infections after liver transplantation. An analysis of 101 consecutive cases.

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Published in Medicine (Baltimore) on March 01, 1988

Authors

S Kusne1, J S Dummer, N Singh, S Iwatsuki, L Makowka, C Esquivel, A G Tzakis, T E Starzl, M Ho

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

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