Clinical impact of the use of chronic suppressive antibiotics against recurrent ventricular assist device infections

Clinical impact of the use of chronic suppressive antibiotics against recurrent ventricular assist device infections

ABSTRACT Ventricular assist device (VAD) infections are frequent causes of hospital readmission. The risk factors and optimal preventive strategies for such, including chronic suppressive antibiotics (CSA), remain uncertain. We performed a single-center, retrospective, observational cohort study ass...

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Main Authors: Shinya Yamamoto, Koh Okamoto, Hiraku Kumamaru, Makoto Saito, Hiroshi Ito, Marie Yamashita, Yoshiaki Kanno, Mahoko Ikeda, Sohei Harada, Shu Okugwa, Mitsutoshi Kimura, Osamu Kinoshita, Minoru Ono, Takeya Tsutsumi, Kyoji Moriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-11-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
ventricular assist devices
chronic suppressive antibiotics
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00398-24
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