Successful in situ treatment of an infected ascending aortic graft

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1410-1412

  Mathes, David W ^a   Yaremchuk, Michael J ^a   Isselbacher, Eric M ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISINFECTION; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IRRIGATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033783169     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01964-0     Document Type: Article

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