Mycobacterium abscessus Left Ventricle Assist Device Driveline Infections: An Emerging Pathogen?
Jonatan David Nunez BretonGabriel HernandezJacques SimkinsSandra Viviana ChaparroPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)
The use of left ventricular assist device is associated with improvement in survival in patients with refractory heart failure. However, driveline infection limits the success of its use as it is associated with significant mortality. We describe the first 2 cases of Mycobacterium abscessus driveline infection. Both patients had persistent infection despite of aggressive antibiotic treatment and local debridement, and only improved after removal of their left ventricular assist devices.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- left ventricular assist device
- end stage renal disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- mitral valve
- peritoneal dialysis
- acute myocardial infarction
- risk factors
- pulmonary artery
- atrial fibrillation
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- candida albicans
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- catheter ablation