Bacterial colonization and infection of electrophysiological cardiac devices detected with sonication and swab culture

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Bacterial colonization and infection of electrophysiological cardiac devices detected with sonication and swab culture

JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)

ID	1194780
Author(s)	Rohacek, Martin; Weisser, Maja; Kobza, Richard; Schoenenberger, Andreas W; Pfyffer, Gaby E; Frei, Reno; Erne, Paul; Trampuz, Andrej
Author(s) at UniBasel	Frei, Reno Erne, Paul Trampuz, Andrej
Year	2010
Title	Bacterial colonization and infection of electrophysiological cardiac devices detected with sonication and swab culture
Journal	Circulation
Volume	121
Number	15
Pages / Article-Number	1691-7
Keywords	sonication, pacemaker, artificial, cardioverter-defibrillators, implantable, bacteria, infection
Abstract	Electrophysiological cardiac devices are increasingly used. The frequency of subclinical infection is unknown. We investigated all explanted devices using sonication, a method for detection of microbial biofilms on foreign bodies.
Publisher	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISSN/ISBN	0009-7322
edoc-URL	http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6004982
Full Text on edoc	No
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.906461
PubMed ID	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368521
ISI-Number	WOS:000276815000004
Document type (ISI)	Article

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