Antimicrobial activity of prosthetic heart valve sewing cuffs coated with minocycline and rifampin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 543-545

  Darouiche, Rabih O ^a   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^a   Adal, Karim ^a   Kielhofner, Marcia ^a   Mansouri, David ^a   Reller, L Barth ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACILLUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036150258     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.543-545.2002     Document Type: Article

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