Management of wound and left ventricular assist device pocket infection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1080-1082

  Holman, William L ^a   Fix, R Jobe ^a   Foley, Brian A ^a   McGiffin, David C ^b   Rayburn, Barry K ^a   Kirklin, James K ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; NAFCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0032742911     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00656-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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