Positive cultures in asymptomatic patients during elective device replacement: a murderer hides in the darkness or an innocent person on the crime scene?

Europace. 2010 Jan;12(1):5-6. doi: 10.1093/europace/eup402.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / statistics & numerical data*
  • Device Removal / statistics & numerical data*
  • Electrodes, Implanted / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / epidemiology*
  • Risk Assessment / methods
  • Risk Factors