title: Incidence and clinical significance of bacteremia and sepsis among cardiac patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation pump.
abstract: In this prospective study, a significant incidence of fever (47%), true bacteremia (15%), and sepsis (12%), were found in 60 cardiac patients treated with an intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation pump. The benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in this setting should therefore be evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department and Infectious Disease Institute, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crystal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilad
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haick
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Riesenberg
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schlaeffer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ilia
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gilutz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015996:Survival Rate