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Device-Related Infections

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Update 1989

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 8))

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Abstract

Prosthetic devices have been increasingly used during the last 40 years. These devices are inserted temporary (i.e. catheters) or permanently, such as prosthetic heart valves, vascular grafts, osteosynthesis-material, artificial joints etc. Patients in surgical intensive care units have often new implants which are endangered either by wound infection or by bacteremia. In this paper the pathogenesis, clinical characteristics, prophylaxis, and treatment of infections on implants will be discussed. The problem of catheter-related infections will not be presented in this short review.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Louis Vincent (Clinical Director) (Clinical Director)

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Zimmerli, W. (1989). Device-Related Infections. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) Update 1989. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83737-1_20

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