Bacterial mediastinitis after heart transplantation: Clinical presentation, risk factors and treatment

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Sénéchal, Mario ^a,b   Leprince, Pascal ^a   Tezenas Du Montcel, Sophie ^a   Bonnet, Nicolas ^a   Dubois, Michelle ^a   El Serafi, Mohamed ^a   Ghossoub, J J ^a   Pavie, Alain ^a   Gandjbakhch, Iradj ^a   Dorent, Richard ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 10744233060     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00104-9     Document Type: Article

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