Successful heart transplantation in patients with total artificial heart infections

ConclusionTAHI is frequently associated with BSI and mediastinitis and Staphylococcus was the most common pathogen. A multimodal approach of appropriate pre‐ and post‐HT antimicrobial therapy, surgical drainage, and heart transplantation with radical mediastinal debridement was successful in curing infection.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Transplant Infectious Disease - November 7, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Sarah Taimur, Timothy Sullivan, Mennakshi Rana, Gopi Patel, Julie Roldan, Kimberly Ashley, Sean Pinney, Anelechi Anyanwu, Shirish Huprikar Tags: Original Report Source Type: research