Vascular graft infections

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-158

  Leroy, Olivier ^a   Meybeck, Agnès ^a   Sarraz Bournet, Béatrice ^a   D'Elia, Piervito ^a   Legout, Laurence ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

Author keywords

staphylococcal infections; vascular graft infection; vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; DAPTOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCISION; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHETIC VASCULAR GRAFT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858003922     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3283501853     Document Type: Review

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