Harvest surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass grafting: Risk factors, microbiology, and outcomes
- 31 October 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 37 (8), 653-657
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.12.012
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