Role of the preaxillary flora in pacemaker infections: A prospective study

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1791-1795

  Da Costa, Antoine ^a   Lelièvre, Hervé ^a   Kirkorian, Gilbert ^a   Célard, Marie ^a   Chevalier, Philippe ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Touboul, Paul ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Genes; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SKIN CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0345131669     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.18.1791     Document Type: Article

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