Nosocomial infections acquired by patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Danielle E Austin,Stephen J Kerr,Suhel Al-Soufi,Mark Connellan,Phillip Spratt,Emma Goeman,Priya Nair

Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine（2017）

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Abstract

Infectious complications are common in ECMO patients and are associated with longer durations of hospital admission. Isolated pathogens were predominantly hospital-acquired Gram-negative bacteria and yeasts. Immunosuppression and treatment with VA ECMO were found to be specific risk factors for infection.

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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,nosocomial infections,patients

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