
There has been an emergence of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-associated infections. Here is a review of how to define them and clinical management of this heterogeneous syndrome.
Shah is an assistant professor in medicine and a consultant in the Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His interests include antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, infections in the critically ill, and emergency preparedness and planning.

There has been an emergence of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-associated infections. Here is a review of how to define them and clinical management of this heterogeneous syndrome.