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Basic Aspects in Prevention of Posttransplant Bacteremia by Branched Chain Amino Acids

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Despite recent advances in perioperative management and surgical techniques, postoperative mortality and morbidity associated with bacteremia after orthotropic and living donor liver transplantation (OLT and LDLT) are still prevalent. Bacteremia is the most serious complication, and the most frequent cause of in-hospital death after OLT and LDLT [1, 2].

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    Ken Shirabe M.D., Ph.D., Toru Ikegami M.D., Ph.D., Tomoharu Yoshizumi M.D., Ph.D. & Yoshihiko Maehara M.D., Ph.D.

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Shirabe, K., Ikegami, T., Yoshizumi, T., Maehara, Y. (2015). Basic Aspects in Prevention of Posttransplant Bacteremia by Branched Chain Amino Acids. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Branched Chain Amino Acids in Clinical Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1914-7_15

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