New Treatment for Infection of the NIPRO LVAD Cannula Site: Nihon University Crystal Violet Method

Driveline and cannula site infections are still a frequent adverse event in patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD), and it is important to treat and prevent them because the spread of local infection may cause sepsis in some cases. We report our experience with a patient in whom infection o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2016, Vol.101 (1), p.348-350
Hauptverfasser:	Sezai, Akira, MD, PhD, Niino, Tetsuya, MD, PhD, Osaka, Shunji, MD, PhD, Yaoita, Hiroko, MD, Arimoto, Munehito, MD, Hata, Hiroaki, MD, PhD, Shiono, Motomi, MD, PhD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administration, Topical Adult Anti-Infective Agents, Local - administration & dosage Cardiothoracic Surgery Catheters - adverse effects Catheters - microbiology Gentian Violet - administration & dosage Heart Failure - therapy Heart-Assist Devices - adverse effects Humans Male Ointments Prosthesis-Related Infections - drug therapy Prosthesis-Related Infections - etiology Prosthesis-Related Infections - microbiology Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	Driveline and cannula site infections are still a frequent adverse event in patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD), and it is important to treat and prevent them because the spread of local infection may cause sepsis in some cases. We report our experience with a patient in whom infection of the NIPRO LVAD cannula site after implantation of an extracorporeal VAD was controlled by treatment with crystal violet Solbase (Nihon University crystal violet method).
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.009