Open AccessBacterial Colonization and Infection of Electrophysiological Cardiac Devices Detected With Sonication and Swab Culture
Author(s) -
Martin Rohacek,
Maja Weisser,
Richard Kobza,
Andreas W. Schoenenberger,
Gaby E. Pfyffer,
Reno Frei,
Paul Erné,
Andrej Trampuž
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.906461
Subject(s) - sonication , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus , coagulase , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , biology , genetics , radiology
Electrophysiological cardiac devices are increasingly used. The frequency of subclinical infection is unknown. We investigated all explanted devices using sonication, a method for detection of microbial biofilms on foreign bodies.
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