Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are expensive and associated with prolonged hospitalisation: UK Retrospective Observational Study

Fozia Zahir Ahmed; Catherine Fullwood; Mahvash Zaman; Ahmed Qamruddin; Colin Cunnington; Mamas A. Mamas; Jonathan Sandoe; Manish Motwani; Amir Zaidi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206611

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Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are expensive and associated with prolonged hospitalisation: UK Retrospective Observational Study

Fozia Zahir Ahmed ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Foziaz.ahmed@cmft.nhs.uk

Affiliations Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9769-0180

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Catherine Fullwood,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Research and Innovation, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, Centre for Biostatistics, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Mahvash Zaman,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Ahmed Qamruddin,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Colin Cunnington,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Mamas A. Mamas,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
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Jonathan Sandoe,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Manish Motwani,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Amir Zaidi

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are expensive and associated with prolonged hospitalisation: UK Retrospective Observational Study

Fozia Zahir Ahmed,
Catherine Fullwood,
Mahvash Zaman,
Ahmed Qamruddin,
Colin Cunnington,
Mamas A. Mamas,
Jonathan Sandoe,
Manish Motwani,
Amir Zaidi

Published: January 2, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206611

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