Bloodstream Infections Among Patients Treated with Intravenous Epoprostenol or Intravenous Treprostinil for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

March 2, 2007

Reported by: R Barst, MD, E Berman-Rosenzweig, MD, E Horn, MD, L Saiman, MD, Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; L Lee, MSc, New York City Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene; K Southwick, MD, D Kohlerschmidt, P Smith, MD, New York State Dept of Health. M Gomberg-Maitland, MD, S Weber, MD, Univ of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. D Ivy, MD, A Doran, Children's Hospital, Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado. M McGoon, MD, C Anderson Severson, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota. M Rubenfire, MD, V McLaughlin, MD, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. J Feldman, MD, C Tanner, Pulmonary Hypertension and Advanced Lung Disease Program, Phoenix, Arizona. K Chin, MD, M Kingman, Univ of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. V Tapson, MD, Duke Univ Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. A Srinivasan, MD, J Noble-Wang, PhD, M Arduino, DrPH, R Shoulson, E Petersen, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (proposed); A Kallen, MD, E Lederman, MD, A Balaji, PhD, I Trevino, DVM, EIS officers, CDC.