Frequency, risk factors, and outcome for bacteremia after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 873-877

  Samore, Matthew H ^a   Wessolossky, Mireya A ^a   Lewis, Stanley M ^a   Shubrooks Jr , Samuel J ^a   Karchmer, Adolf W ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030898309     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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