To the editor

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2123-2124

  Friberg, Örjan ^a   Svedjeholm, Rolf ^b   Söderquist, Bo ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN SPONGE; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG RELEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STERNOTOMY; WOUND INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; NOTE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SPONGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STERNUM; SURGICAL SPONGES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EUROPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 78349273082     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1613     Document Type: Letter

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