Chest ACCP Member Benefits
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Deusch, E
Right arrow Articles by Wolner, E
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Deusch, E
Right arrow Articles by Wolner, E

Chest, Vol 104, 1412-1416, Copyright © 1993 by American College of Chest Physicians

ARTICLES

Early bacterial infections in lung transplant recipients

E Deusch, A End, M Grimm, W Graninger, W Klepetko and E Wolner
Second Department of Surgery, University of Vienna, Austria.

Early bacterial pulmonary infections within 2 weeks after lung transplantation were studied in 29 patients undergoing surgery between December 1989 and May 1992. Suspected pulmonary infections occurred in 11 patients (38 percent). The most common bacterial organisms isolated were Klebsiella pneumoniae (45 percent; 5/11), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (36 percent; 4/11), Escherichia coli (27 percent; 3/11), Staphylococcus aureus (18 percent; 2/11), and Enterobacter cloacae (18 percent; 2/11). The mortality due to infection was 3 percent (1/29) in the early postoperative period. None of the following variables was found to be of prognostic significance: positive donor cultures, ischemic time of the graft, use of cardiopulmonary bypass, number of courses of methylprednisolone for acute rejection, duration of postoperative intubation, and type of surgical procedure. The presence of infection in the early postoperative period did not influence long-term survival. In the absence of prognostic parameters, prompt adjustment of antibiotic therapy to the results of antibiograms remains the most important therapeutic step in the management of infections in the early postoperative period after lung transplantation.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg.Home page
V. S. Avlonitis, A. Krause, L. Luzzi, H. Powell, J. A. Phillips, P. A. Corris, F. K. Gould, and J. H. Dark
Bacterial colonization of the donor lower airways is a predictor of poor outcome in lung transplantation
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., October 1, 2003; 24(4): 601 - 607.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.Home page
F. C. Fang and A. Vazquez-Torres
Nitric oxide production by human macrophages: there's NO doubt about it
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, May 1, 2002; 282(5): L941 - L943.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 ChestHome page
D. S. Zander, M. A. Baz, G. A. Visner, E. D. Staples, W. H. Donnelly, A. Faro, and J. C. Scornik
Analysis of Early Deaths After Isolated Lung Transplantation
Chest, July 1, 2001; 120(1): 225 - 232.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1993 by the American College of Chest Physicians.