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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Liang SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853587 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature