Absence of Bacteria on Coronary Angioplasty Balloons from Unselected Patients: Results with Use of a High Sensitivity Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay

• Gorm Mørk Hansen ,

  * E-mail: gorm.moerk.hansen@regionh.dk

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark, Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Martin Nilsson,

  Affiliation Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Claus Henrik Nielsen,

  Affiliations Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Section of Periodontology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Palle Holmstrup,

  Affiliation Section of Periodontology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Steffen Helqvist,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Tim Tolker-Nielsen,

  Affiliation Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Michael Givskov,

  Affiliations Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, Singapore Center on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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• Peter Riis Hansen

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

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