Me-Linh Luong, Yoshiko Nakamachi, Fernanda P Silveira, Catherine O Morrissey, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Erik A M Verschuuren, Cameron R Wolfe, Denis Hadjiliadis, Daniel C Chambers, Jignesh K Patel, Goran Dellgren, Miranda So, Geert M Verleden, Emily A Blumberg, Robin Vos, Michael Perch, Are M Holm, Nicholas J Mueller, Cecilia Chaparro, Shahid Husain
PURPOSE: Antimicrobial misuse contributes to antimicrobial resistance in thoracic transplant (TTx) and mechanical circulatory support (MCS) recipients. This study uses a modified Delphi method to define the expected appropriate antimicrobial prescribing for the common clinical scenarios encountered in TTx and MCS recipients. METHODS: An online questionnaire on managing 10 common infectious disease syndromes was submitted to a multidisciplinary Delphi panel of 25 experts from various disciplines...
February 13, 2024: Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society