Eradication of a chronic wound and driveline infection after redo-LVAD implantation
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Eradication of a chronic wound and driveline infection after redo-LVAD implantation
A 48 year old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic acne inversa underwent implantation of a LVAD system (Heartmate II, Thoratec, USA) March 2011. During 2011 and 2012 the patient was repeatedly readmitted for treatment of driveline infection with MRSA. Colonization was controlled with Linezolid and Rifampicin however reoccurred after discontinuation. In August 2012 the LVAD-system wa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-63