Current Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections by Infectious Disease Specialists.

نویسندگان

  • Stephen Y Liang
  • Susan E Beekmann
  • Philip M Polgreen
  • David K Warren
چکیده

Management guidelines for cardiac implantable electronic device infections exist, but practice patterns of infectious disease (ID) specialists are not well known. We found that while many ID specialist practices mirror existing guidelines, a combination of complete device removal and prolonged antimicrobial therapy is favored when Staphylococcus aureus is involved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 63 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016