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Polymicrobial Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Infection in the Setting of a Prior Hepaticojejunostomy Anastomosis: A Case Report

Background: Vegetative transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) infections are a rare complication of TIPS placement. Cases have been reported in the literature and one study estimated incidence to be 1%.(1) The vast majority of cases were reported in the setting of cirrhosis. Here, we r...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Prerna, Donahue, Timothy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/crpc.2016.0013