The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 1 , Pages 25-31 , January 2008

Less-invasive and highly effective method for preventing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus graft infection by local sustained release of vancomycin

  • Hisashi Sakaguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Akira Marui, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Keiichi Hirose, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Takamasa Nomura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Yoshio Arai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Shyamal Chandra Bir, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Yuhong Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Jiro Esaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Yasuhiko Tabata, PhD, DMSc, Dpharm

      Affiliations

    • The Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Tadashi Ikeda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Masashi Komeda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Masashi Komeda, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan.

Received 28 February 2007 ,Revised 12 May 2007 ,Accepted 20 June 2007.

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PII: S0022-5223(07)01199-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.027

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 1 , Pages 25-31 , January 2008

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