Biliary complications following liver transplantation in the model for end‐stage liver disease era: Effect of donor, recipient, and technical factors

Theodore H. Welling, David G. Heidt, Michael J. Englesbe, John C. Magee, Randall S. Sung, Darrell A. Campbell, Jeffrey D. Punch, Shawn J. Pelletier – 27 December 2007 – Biliary complications remain a significant problem following liver transplantation in the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) era. We hypothesized that donor, recipient, and technical variables may differentially affect anastomotic biliary complications in MELD era liver transplants.

Early invasive Listeria monocytogenes infection after orthotopic liver transplantation: Case report and review of the literature

Thomas Kruszyna, Mark Walsh, Kevork Peltekian, Michele Molinari – 27 December 2007 – Infection with Listeria monocytogenes is rare, with a reported annual incidence of 4.4 cases per million individuals. It is caused by a gram‐positive rod‐shaped bacterium (Listeria monocytogenes) that can be found in soil, vegetation, water, sewage, and silage and in feces of humans and animals. It is a facultative intracellular pathogen with the ability to survive and multiply in phagocytic host cells, even in adverse environmental circumstances.

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