Successful mechanical circulatory support for 251 days in a child with intermittent severe neutropenia due to Barth syndrome

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Dedieu, Nathalie ^a   Giardini, Alessandro ^a   Steward, Colin G ^b   Fenton, Matthew ^a   Karimova, Ann ^a   Hsia, T Y ^a   Burch, Michael ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dilated cardiomyopathy; neutropenia; ventricular support

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MILRINONE; PENICILLIN V; PIPTAZOBACTAM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BARTH SYNDROME; BLOOD CULTURE; CANNULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INFUSION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

BARTH SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 84874495863     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12027     Document Type: Article

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