Antibiotic-impregnated heart valve sewing rings for treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1432-1437

  Cimbollek, Monika ^a   Nies, Berthold ^a   Wenz, Robert ^a   Kreuter, Jörg ^b  

^a MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; EMD 46217; GENTAMICIN; GENTAMICIN CROBEFAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030006906     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.6.1432     Document Type: Article

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