Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 191-198 , December 2011

Antibiotic Therapy of Aortic Graft Infection: Treatment and Prevention Recommendations

  • Kelley D. Hodgkiss-Harlow, MD
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  • Dennis F. Bandyk, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dennis Bandyk, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, USF Health South, 7th Floor, 2 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL 33606

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PII: S0895-7967(11)00073-1

doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2011.10.013

Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 191-198 , December 2011

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