Are extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits that are primed with plasmalyte and stored a likely source of infection?

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Aug;42(8):3906. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3906.2004.

Authors

S Bistrussu, A Beeton, G Castaldo, J Han, I Wong, C Tuleu, P F Long, K Brown, N Cross, J Cope, A P Goldman, A Karimova, M O'Callaghan, A Robertson, L Smith

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacteria / isolation & purification
Candida / isolation & purification
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / adverse effects*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / standards
Humans
Infections / transmission*
Sterilization / methods