Treatment of patients with recurrent or persistent infection of cardiac implantable electronic devices

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1275-1281

  Knigina, Ludmilla ^a   Kühn, Christian ^a   Kutschka, Ingo ^a   Oswald, Hanno ^a   Klein, Gunnar ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Pichlmaier, Maximilian ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIED explantation; CIED infection; Recurrent CIED infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 77956522241     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq192     Document Type: Article

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