Usefulness of Sonication of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices to Enhance Microbial Detection - Nagpal, Avish; Patel, Robin; Greenwood-Quaintance, Kerryl E.; Baddour, Larry M.; Lynch, David T.; Lahr, Brian D.; Maleszewski, Joseph J.; Friedman, Paul A.; Hayes, David L.; Sohail, M. Rizwan (The American journal of cardiology, 2015)
Keywords: Aged; Angina pectoris; Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Bacterial Infections - prevention & control; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Defibrillators, Implantable - microbiology; Equipment Contamination - prevention & control; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart attacks; Humans; Infections; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pacemaker, Artificial - microbiology; Prostheses; Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnosis; Prosthesis-Related Infections - microbiology; Prosthesis-Related Infections - prevention & control; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Ultrasonography - utilization