Treatment of infected left ventricular assist device using antibiotic-impregnated beads.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
There is no well-established therapy for treating infections of heart-assist or artificial heart devices, a serious problem with life-threatening consequences. We used a promising new approach in which antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate beads were placed around an implanted left ventricular assist device to control an external blood pump infection in a bridge-to-transplant patient. In this case report, we describe the potential of antimicrobial-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate beads for in situ control of infections involving external surfaces of cardiovascular devices.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Polymethyl Methacrylate
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Tobramycin
- Vancomycin