Eradication of a chronic wound and driveline infection after redo-LVAD implantation

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Walter, Veronika ^a   Stock, Ulrich A ^a   Soriano Romero, Mauricio ^a   Schnitzbauer, Andreas ^a   Moritz, Anton ^a   Beiras Fernandez, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daptomycin; Infection eradication; LVAD; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DAPTOMYCIN;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAPTOMYCIN; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84897380492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-63     Document Type: Article

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