Surgical-Site Infection After Cardiac Surgery: Incidence, Microbiology, and risk Factors
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 26 (5) , 466-472
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502569
Abstract
Surgical-Site Infection After Cardiac Surgery: Incidence, Microbiology, and risk Factors - Volume 26 Issue 5 - Didier Lepelletier, Stéphanie Perron, Philippe Bizouarn, Jocelyne Caillon, Henri Drugeon, Jean-Luc Michaud, Daniel DuveauKeywords
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