Surgical and Antimicrobial Treatment of Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infections at Different Surgical Sites: A Retrospective Study of Treatment Outcomes

Stefan Erb; Jan A. Sidler; Luigia Elzi; Lorenz Gurke; Manuel Battegay; Andreas F. Widmer; Maja Weisser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112947

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Surgical and Antimicrobial Treatment of Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infections at Different Surgical Sites: A Retrospective Study of Treatment Outcomes

Stefan Erb ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan Erb, Jan A. Sidler

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Jan A. Sidler ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan Erb, Jan A. Sidler

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Luigia Elzi,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Lorenz Gurke,

Affiliations Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Manuel Battegay,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Andreas F. Widmer,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Maja Weisser

* E-mail: maja.weisser@usb.ch

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Surgical and Antimicrobial Treatment of Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infections at Different Surgical Sites: A Retrospective Study of Treatment Outcomes

Stefan Erb,
Jan A. Sidler,
Luigia Elzi,
Lorenz Gurke,
Manuel Battegay,
Andreas F. Widmer,
Maja Weisser

Published: November 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112947

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