[Bacterial infections in 100 patients submitted to heart transplantation]. / Infecções bacterianas em 100 pacientes submetidos a transplante cardíaco.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 66(3): 135-7, 1996 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-8762690
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate clinical findings and etiology of bacterial infections diagnosed in 100 consecutive heart transplantations.METHODS:
One hundred consecutive heart transplant patients were studied. Follow-up after heart transplantation varied from 3 to 90 (mean 25.38 +/- SD 25.97) months. Etiology of bacterial infection was established using the Centers for Disease Control criteria.RESULTS:
Bacterial infection was the most common cause of infection after heart transplantation; diagnosis was difficult. Infection sites were skin, mucous, membranes, soft tissue, surgical scar, pericardial and pleural spaces, soft tissue around heart pacing devices, urinary tract; bacteremias and endocarditis were also found. All bacterial agents recovered were fully identified.CONCLUSION:
Bacterial infections are the most common infections in the first month after heart transplantation. They are important and also common after the treatment of the rejection episodes. Rapid diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential to prevent morbidity and death.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Bacterianas
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Trasplante de Corazón
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Bras Cardiol
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article