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Management of Bloodstream Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: To Suppress, or Not to Suppress?

BACKGROUND: Ascertaining involvement of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in a patient presenting with bloodstream infection (BSI) can be challenging, frequently leading to use of chronic antimicrobial suppressive (CAS) therapy. We aimed to assess the efficacy of CAS therapy to prevent relapse o...

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Autores principales: Esquer Garrigos, Zerelda, Jandhyala, Deeksha, Vijayvargiya, Prakhar, Castillo Almeida, Natalia E, Gurram, Pooja, Corsini Campioli, Cristina G, Stulak, John M, Rizza, Stacey A, O’Horo, John C, DeSimone, Daniel C, Baddour, Larry M, Sohail, M Rizwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa532