Mediastinitis after cardiac transplantation;Mediastinite apos transplante cardiaco

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-430

  Stolf, Noedir A G ^a   Fiorelli, Alfredo I ^b   Bacal, Fernando ^b   Camargo, Luiz F ^b   Bocchi, Edimar A ^b   Freitas, Andréa ^b   Nicoletti, André ^b   Meira, Daniela ^b  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Immunosuppression; Mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PALPATION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND DRAINAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034180942     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2000000500003     Document Type: Article

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