Mycoplasma hominis infections occurring in cardiovascular surgical patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Sielaff, Timothy D ^a   Everett, Jeffrey E ^a   Shumway, Sara J ^a   Wahoff, David C ^a   Bolman III, R Morton ^a   Dunn, David L ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; STERNUM;

EID: 0030040798     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00826-8     Document Type: Article

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