Sternal tuberculosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 387-388

  Sipsas, N V ^a   Panayiotakopoulos, G D ^a   Zormpala, A ^a   Thanos, L ^a   Artinopoulos, C ^a   Kordossis, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034970271     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655401750174147     Document Type: Article

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