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Original Article

Staphylococcal driveline infections are the predominant type of left ventricular assist device associated infections in Singapore

Yii Ean TehDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Correspondence[email protected]
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Choon Pin LimDepartment of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore;
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Louis Loon Yee TeoDepartment of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore;
,
Jia Lin SoonDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
,
Victor Tar Toong ChaoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
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Chia Lee NeoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
,
Joycelyn Li Li TanDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
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Ka Lee KerkDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
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David Kheng Leng SimDepartment of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore;
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Teing Ee TanDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
,
Ban Hock TanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore;
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Sivathasan CumaraswamyDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
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Thuan Tong TanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore;
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Pages 417-424 | Received 17 Sep 2018, Accepted 28 Feb 2019, Published online: 15 Apr 2019

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