Mediastinitis after cardiac surgery in Madani Heart Center, Tabriz, Iran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-320

  Ghotaslou, Reza ^a,b   Yagoubi, Ali Reza ^b   Khalili, Ahmad Ali ^b   Mahmodian, Roghaieh ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 48749093913     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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