Epidemiology, management, and clinical outcomes of extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections in heart transplant and ventricular assist device recipients.
Friedland AE, Maziarz EK, Wolfe CR, Patel CB, Patel P, Milano CA, Schroder JN, Daneshmand MA, Wallace RJ Jr, Alexander BD, Baker AW.
Friedland AE, et al. Among authors: wallace rj jr.
Am J Transplant. 2023 Jul;23(7):1048-1057. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.009. Epub 2023 Apr 12.
Am J Transplant. 2023.
PMID: 37059177
We analyzed patient characteristics, medical and surgical management, and long-term outcomes. Ten OHT patients and 7 patients with VAD developed extrapulmonary M. abscessus subspecies abscessus infection. ...Only 8 (47%) patients survived longer than 12 weeks after diagnos …
We analyzed patient characteristics, medical and surgical management, and long-term outcomes. Ten OHT patients and 7 patients with VA …