Heart transplantation as salvage treatment of intractable infective endocarditis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 371.e1-371.e4

  Aymami, Marie ^a   Revest, Matthieu ^b,c   Piau, Caroline ^a   Chabanne, Céline ^a   Le Gall, François ^b   Lelong, Bernard ^a   Verhoye, Jean Philippe ^a   Michelet, Christian ^b,c,d   Tattevin, Pierre ^b,c,e   Flécher, Erwan ^a  

^a Department of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery ^*  (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Infective endocarditis; Intracardiac fistula; Periannular abscesses; Salvage treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SALVAGE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT DURATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALVAGE THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928532268     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.027     Document Type: Article

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