Absorbable antibiotic beads as an adjuvant therapy in treating ventricular assist devices driveline infection: A case report.

Osama Haddad Anthony N PhamMathew ThomasMojahid AliBasar SareyyupogluMagdy M El-Sayed AhmedSi M Pham

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)

Absorbable calcium sulfate antibiotic beads may serve as a beneficial adjunct to surgical debridement and systemic antibiotics for the treatment of ventricular assist device driveline infection, and merit further investigation.

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