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Table 3 Type of pre-transplant infection in patient with a VAD

From: Ventricular assist devices as bridge to heart transplantation: impact on post-transplant infections

Infections

VAD patients n = 18

Total number of VAD-specific or related infectionsa

n = 43

VAD-specific infections; n (%)

 • Proteus mirabilis

 • Enterobacter spp.

 • Staphylococcus aureus

  • MSSA

  • MRSA

 • Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

 • Escherichia coli

  • ESBL

 • Serratia marcescens

 • Enterococcus faecalis

  • VRE

 • Other

24 (55.8)

6 (13.9)

4 (9.3)

3 (7.0)

2 (4.7)

1 (2.3)

3 (7.0)

3 (7.0)

0 (0)

2 (4.7)

2 (4.7)

0 (0)

8 (18.6)

VAD-related infections; n (%)

 • Staphylococccus aureus

  • MSSA

  • MRSA

 • Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

 • Enterobacter spp.

 • Proteus mirabilis

 • Escherichia coli

  • ESBL

 • Enterococcus spp.

  • VRE

 • Candida spp.

 • Other

32 (74.4)

7 (16.3)

2 (4.7)

5 (11.6)

3 (7.0)

7 (16.3)

5 (11.6)

3 (7.0)

0 (0)

3 (7.0)

0 (0)

1 (2.3)

4 (9.3)

  1. ESBL extended spectrum betalactamase, MSSA methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, VAD ventricular-assist device, VRE vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
  2. aIn 13 cases, infection was classified as being both VAD-specific and VAD-related, therefore the addition of numbers is >100 %