Current Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections by Infectious Disease Specialists | Zendy

Stephen Y. Liang | Zendy; Susan E. Beekmann | Zendy; Philip M. Polgreen | Zendy; David K. Warren | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Current Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections by Infectious Disease Specialists

Author(s) -

Stephen Y. Liang,

Susan E. Beekmann,

Philip M. Polgreen,

David K. Warren

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw431

Subject(s) - medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , antimicrobial , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics

Management guidelines for cardiac implantable electronic device infections exist, but practice patterns of infectious disease (ID) specialists are not well known. We found that while many ID specialist practices mirror existing guidelines, a combination of complete device removal and prolonged antimicrobial therapy is favored when Staphylococcus aureus is involved.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research