Impact of Screening and Treatment of Ureaplasma species on Hyperammonemia Syndrome in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
Roberts SC, Bharat A, Kurihara C, Tomic R, Ison MG. Impact of Screening and Treatment of Ureaplasma species on Hyperammonemia Syndrome in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e2531-e2537. PMID: 33068392, PMCID: PMC8563172, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung transplant recipientsLung transplantUreaplasma sppHyperammonemia syndromePolymerase chain reactionTransplant recipientsUreaplasma speciesSingle-center experienceBronchoalveolar lavage cultureRecipients of organsNegative screening testImpact of screeningFuture confirmatory studiesEmpiric therapyNew onsetLung donorsCenter experienceDonor testingUrine cultureLavage cultureMental statusAntimicrobial therapyTransplantPatientsScreening test