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948. Ventricular Assist Device Infection due to Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Leading to Successful Heart Transplantation: A Case Report and Literature Review

BACKGROUND: A 59-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia and matched allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy requiring a left ventricular assist device (LVAD; HeartMate II™) was admitted after the spontaneous rupture of an abdominal fistula in his lower abd...

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Autores principales: Saldana, Carlos s, Rehm, Susan J, Koval, Christine E, Unai, Shinya, Tong, Zhen-Yu (Michael)
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644771/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1143