Do saline breast implants harbor microbes?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-344

  Becker, Hilton ^a,b   Hartman, James ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medplex Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029979458     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199604000-00002     Document Type: Article

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