Open AccessBloodstream infection in heart transplant recipients: 12-year experience at a university hospital in Taiwan
Author(s) -
RonBin Hsu,
ChungI Chang,
ChiTai Fang,
ShanChwen Chang,
ShoeiShen Wang,
ShuHsun Chu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.033
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , acinetobacter baumannii , sepsis , transplantation , mortality rate , heart transplantation , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , bacteria , physics , optics , genetics
Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a well-recognized problem and it affects 10-50% of solid organ transplant recipients. The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and prognosis of BSI in heart transplant recipients at our hospital.
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