Biomarker-based diagnosis of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator pocket infections: A prospective, multicentre, case-control evaluation

Carsten Lennerz; Hrvoje Vrazic; Bernhard Haller; Siegmund Braun; Tobias Petzold; Ilka Ott; Agnes Lennerz; Jonathan Michel; Patrick Blažek; Isabel Deisenhofer; Peter Whittaker; Christof Kolb

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172384

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Biomarker-based diagnosis of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator pocket infections: A prospective, multicentre, case-control evaluation

Carsten Lennerz ,

* E-mail: Lennerz@dhm.mhn.de

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Abteilung für Elektrophysiologie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Hrvoje Vrazic,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Dubrava, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Bernhard Haller,

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Siegmund Braun,

Affiliation Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Tobias Petzold,

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Ilka Ott,

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Agnes Lennerz,

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Abteilung für Elektrophysiologie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Jonathan Michel,

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Patrick Blažek,

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Abteilung für Elektrophysiologie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Isabel Deisenhofer,

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Abteilung für Elektrophysiologie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Peter Whittaker,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, United States of America
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Christof Kolb

Affiliation Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Abteilung für Elektrophysiologie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Biomarker-based diagnosis of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator pocket infections: A prospective, multicentre, case-control evaluation

Carsten Lennerz,
Hrvoje Vrazic,
Bernhard Haller,
Siegmund Braun,
Tobias Petzold,
Ilka Ott,
Agnes Lennerz,
Jonathan Michel,
Patrick Blažek,
Isabel Deisenhofer

Published: March 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172384

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