Record number:
48
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Time to detection:
1 - 9 days
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Vascular anastomotic infections with graft loss caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred in three patients (liver, kidney, and kidney-pancreas), while the lung patient developed severe pneumonia. The heart transplant recipient did well and demonstrated no significant infectious complications.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Common Donor had P. aeruginosa isolated from routine tracheal cultures. Spillage of tracheal contents onto the innominate artery and subsequent contamination of intra-abdominal organs likely occurred.
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
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