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World J Hepatol. May 27, 2011; 3(5): 130-136
Published online May 27, 2011. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i5.130
Bacteremia and "Endotipsitis" following transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting
Meir Mizrahi, Lilach Roemi, Daniel Shouval, Tomer Adar, Maya Korem, Alon Moses, Alan Bloom, Oren Shibolet
Meir Mizrahi, Lilach Roemi, Daniel Shouval, Tomer Adar, Oren Shibolet, Liver Unit, Division of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Maya Korem, Alon Moses, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Alan Bloom, Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Radiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Author contributions: Mizrahi M, Roemi L, Shouval D, Adar T, collected, analyzed the data and wrote the article; Korem M, Moses A, wrote and reviewed the article; Bloom A, performed the proce-dure and reviewed the article; Shibolet O, collected, analyzed the data and wrote the article.
Correspondence to: Oren Shibolet, MD, Liver Unit, Division of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. shibolet@hadassah.org.il
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Received: November 22, 2010
Revised: March 27, 2011
Accepted: April 3, 2011
Published online: May 27, 2011
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