The epidemiology of chest and leg wound infections following cardiothoracic surgery

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 424-429

  L'Ecuyer, Paul B ^b   Murphy, Denise ^b   Russell Little, J ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029764205     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.424     Document Type: Article

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