Wound infection in cardiac surgery

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 105-107

  Softah, A ^a   Bedard, A ^a   Hendry, P ^a   Masters, R G ^a   Goldstein, W ^a   Brais, M ^a   Keon, W ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0036059904     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.105     Document Type: Article

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