Mechanism of late prosthetic vascular graft infection

Vascular

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 486-489

  Jones, L ^a   Braithwaite, B D ^a   Davies, B ^a   Heather, B P ^a   Earnshaw, J J ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; graft infection; surgical complications; vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031259906     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099700500511     Document Type: Article

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