Gastrointestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: effect on the risk of subsequent infections and impact on patient outcome.
Giacomo GrasselliVittorio ScaravilliLaura AlagnaMichela BombinoStefano De FalcoAlessandra BanderaChiara AbbruzzeseNicolò PatronitiAndrea GoriAntonio PesentiPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2019)
In patients undergoing ECMO for respiratory and/or circulatory failure, colonization by MDR G- bacteria is frequent and associated with more the tenfold odds for subsequent infection. Those infections are associated with an increased risk of death.