Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series

The limited availability of donor organs worldwide, has provoked a surge in the need for implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) mainly as a bridge to heart transplantation or destination therapy. The rate of complications from LVAD use is also increasing, impacting morbidity, mortality,...

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Autores principales: Hernandez, Jarelys M, Huff, Mallorie, Nlandu, Zola, Vekariya, Bhavesh, Torres, Jeniffer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34290918
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15718
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author Hernandez, Jarelys M
Huff, Mallorie
Nlandu, Zola
Vekariya, Bhavesh
Torres, Jeniffer
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description The limited availability of donor organs worldwide, has provoked a surge in the need for implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) mainly as a bridge to heart transplantation or destination therapy. The rate of complications from LVAD use is also increasing, impacting morbidity, mortality, and costs. LVAD infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are exceedingly rare, yet very difficult to treat. Here we present three cases of Mycobacterium abscessus LVAD infections. To our knowledge, only two other cases have been documented.
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spelling pubmed-82886032021-07-20 Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series Hernandez, Jarelys M Huff, Mallorie Nlandu, Zola Vekariya, Bhavesh Torres, Jeniffer Cureus Cardiology The limited availability of donor organs worldwide, has provoked a surge in the need for implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) mainly as a bridge to heart transplantation or destination therapy. The rate of complications from LVAD use is also increasing, impacting morbidity, mortality, and costs. LVAD infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are exceedingly rare, yet very difficult to treat. Here we present three cases of Mycobacterium abscessus LVAD infections. To our knowledge, only two other cases have been documented. Cureus 2021-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8288603/ /pubmed/34290918 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15718 Text en Copyright © 2021, Hernandez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series
title_full Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series
title_fullStr Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series
title_short Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): A Case Series
title_sort mycobacterium abscessus infection in left ventricular assist device (lvad): a case series
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288603/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15718
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