Infections Associated with Indwelling Medical Devices

by Alan L. And Francis A. Waldvogel Ed. Bisno

Indwelling prosthetic devices - such as catheters, heart valves, vascular bypass grafts, implanted ocular lenses, central nervous system shuns, artificial hips and intrauterine devices - have become a common and indispensable part of modern medical care. Infection is the main complication associated with these devices. This volume reviews available information about such infections. There is extensive consideration of the basic-science aspects of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555810772
• ISBN13: 9781555810771
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: ASM Press
• Length: 398 Pages