Septic shock from descending necrotizing mediastinitis – combined treatment with IgM-enriched immunoglobulin preparation and direct polymyxin B hemoperfusion: a case report

BACKGROUND: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is a common and progressive polymicrobial infection involving the neck and chest with a high death rate (10 to 40%). From a microbiological point of view, descending necrotizing mediastinitis is sustained by Gram-positive bacteria (43–62%), anaerobes...

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Autores principales: Pota, Vincenzo, Passavanti, Maria Beatrice, Sansone, Pasquale, Pace, Maria Caterina, Peluso, Filomena, Fiorelli, Alfonso, Aurilio, Caterina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1611-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1611-5

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