Infection management in a patient with a left ventricular assist device: A case report of long-term cefazolin sodium hydrate administration

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-121

  Tayama, Eiki ^a   Arinaga, Koichi ^a   Shojima, Takahiro ^a   Takagi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Yokokura, Yoshinori ^a   Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Hori, Hidetsugu ^a   Fukunaga, Shuji ^a   Akashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cefazolin; Infection; LVAD

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; FOSFOMYCIN SODIUM; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DEVICE INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745646560     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-006-0331-6     Document Type: Article

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