Candida albicansSternal Wound Infections: A Chronic and Recurrent Complication of Median Sternotomy
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- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 35 (11), 1316-1320
- https://doi.org/10.1086/344192
Abstract
Eleven patients developed deep sternal wound infections due to Candida albicans after undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and were asseKeywords
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