Importance Surgical site infection (SSI) complicates 2-5% of surgeries in the United States.
Severity of SSI ranges from superficial skin infection to life-threatening conditions such as …

Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are especially at risk of developing infections by
multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacilli (GNB), as they are frequently exposed to …

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to …

Bacteria are the leading cause of infections after solid organ transplantation. In recent years,
a progressive growth in the incidence of multidrug‐resistant (MDR) and extensively‐drug …

Liver transplantation is a standard life-saving procedure for the treatment of many end-stage
liver diseases. The success of this procedure may be limited by infectious complications. In …

Antibiotic prophylaxis in the perioperative period is the standard of care for nearly all
surgical procedures and routinely prescribed during solid organ transplantation (SOT). The …

These guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the American
Society of Transplantation review the diagnosis, prevention, and management of post …

Patients with chronic liver disease have an increased risk of developing transfusion‐related
acute lung injury (TRALI) from plasma‐containing blood products. Similarly, red blood cell …

Background. Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common postoperative complication
associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing liver …

The burden of infectious diseases both before and after liver transplantation is clearly
attributable to the dysfunction of defensive mechanisms of the host, both as a result of …