Working formulation for the standardization of definitions of infections in patients using ventricular assist devices

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-384

  Hannan, Margaret M ^a,l   Husain, Shahid ^b   Mattner, Frauke ^c   Danziger Isakov, Lara ^d   Drew, Richard J ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^e   Schueler, Stephan ^g   Holman, William L ^h   Lawler, Leo P ^a   Gordon, Steve M ^d   Mahon, Niall G ^a   Herre, John M ^f   Gould, Kate ^g   Montoya, Jose G ⁱ   Padera, Robert F ^j   Kormos, Robert L ^k   Conte, John V ^l   Mooney, Martha L ^e  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Kentucky   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANNULA INFECTION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOMENCLATURE; PERCUTANEOUS DRIVELINE INFECTION; POCKET INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 79952755019     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.01.717     Document Type: Editorial

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