Sternal Surgical-Site Infection Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Prevalence, Microbiology, and Complications During a 42-Month Period

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  2004

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  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2004-06-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1086/502423PMID 15242193
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