Current options in prosthetic vascular graft infection

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-46

  Henke, Peter K ^a   Bergamini, Thomas M ^a,b   Rose, Scott M ^a   David Richardson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF;

ADULT; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPUTATION; AORTA; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031963971     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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