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Table 3 Antibiotic used at VA-ECMO implantation and during VA-ECMO support

From: First nosocomial infections in children supported by veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO)

At VA-ECMO implantation

 

No antibiotics

4(10)

Cephalosporin first generation

18 (44)

Glycopeptide only

7 (17)

Glycopeptide + aminoglycoside

4 (10)

Glycopeptide + carbapenem

5 (12)

Ureidopenicillin

2 (5)

Carbapenem

1 (2)

Adaptation during ECMO support

 No change or adjunction/ stop

21 (52)

 Cephalosporin - first generation

2 (5)

 Glycopeptide only

4 (10)

 Glycopeptide + aminoglycoside

4 (10)

 Glycopeptide + carbapenem

2 (5)

 Glycopeptide + Cephalosporin- third generation

1 (2)

 Carbapenem

1 (2)

 Aminoglycoside

3 (8)

 Cephalosporin- third generation

1 (2)

 Ureidopenicillin

1 (2)

 Macrolide

1(2)