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- Title
Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Through Kidney Transplantation--California and Texas, 2009.
- Authors
Chung, W.; Pascoe, N.; Heseltine, G.; Qazi, Y.; Bower, W. A.; Kuehnert, M.; Wise, M.; Zheteyeva, Y.
- Abstract
The article discusses cases of multi-drug resistant escherichia coli transmission through kidney transplantation in California and Texas in 2009. The case in California involves a 64-year-old female organ recipient with end-stage renal disease secondary to diabetes and hypertension, chronic hepatitis C infection, and a four-year history of hemodialysis. The case in Texas involves a 47-year-old with end-stage renal disease secondary to diabetes mellitus and hypertension and history of hemodialysis. INSET: What is already known on this topic?.
- Subjects
TEXAS; CALIFORNIA; MULTIDRUG resistance; DRUG resistance; ESCHERICHIA coli diseases; KIDNEY transplantation; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011, Vol 305, Issue 8, p773
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article