Infections in orthotopic heart transplant patients at the Ochsner Medical Institutions.
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Abstract
Ninety-five orthotopic heart transplants were performed at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Twenty-nine of 62 patients followed for 1 year had 48 major infections, including 20 bacterial, 15 viral, 7 fungal, and 6 parasitic. Eighty-six percent of all patients survived 1 year, but infections caused five of the nine deaths. Improved diagnosis and therapy of disseminated aspergillosis could have prevented two deaths.
Medical subject headings
- Cross Infection
- Heart Transplantation
- Postoperative Complications