The Association of Diabetes and Glucose Control With Surgical-Site Infections Among Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients
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- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 22 (10) , 607-612
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501830
Abstract
The Association of Diabetes and Glucose Control With Surgical-Site Infections Among Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients - Volume 22 Issue 10 - Robert Latham, Ava D. Lancaster, Janet F. Covington, John S. Pirolo, Clarence S. ThomasThis publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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