Infections Associated with Medical Devices
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Drugs
- Vol. 65 (2), 179-214
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-200565020-00003
Abstract
The insertion or implantation of foreign bodies has become an indispensable part in almost all fields of medicine. However, medical devices are associated with a definitive risk of bacterial and...This publication has 270 references indexed in Scilit:
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