Successful heart transplantation in patients with active Staphylococcus bloodstream infection and suspected mechanical circulatory support device infection

ConclusionThese results suggest that some carefully selected patients with active Staphylococcus bacteremia and suspected mechanical circulatory support device infection may safely undergo HT, and that HT may effectively eliminate the underlying infection.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Transplant Infectious Disease - November 15, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Timothy Sullivan, Sarah Taimur, Meenakshi Rana, Gopi Patel, Sean Pinney, Anelechi Anyanwu, Shirish Huprikar Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research