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Septicaemia and Endocarditis — Uncommon But Serious Complications in Connection with Permanent Cardiac Pacing

G. Bluhm Pacemaker Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska sjukhuset, Department of Infectious Diseases, Roslagstulls sjukhus, and Thoracic Surgical Clinic, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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I. Julander Pacemaker Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska sjukhuset, Department of Infectious Diseases, Roslagstulls sjukhus, and Thoracic Surgical Clinic, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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M. Levander-Lindgren Pacemaker Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska sjukhuset, Department of Infectious Diseases, Roslagstulls sjukhus, and Thoracic Surgical Clinic, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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C. Olin Pacemaker Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska sjukhuset, Department of Infectious Diseases, Roslagstulls sjukhus, and Thoracic Surgical Clinic, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 65-70 | Received 07 Jan 1981, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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Inger Julander & Maj Svanbom. (1985) Prediction of Staphylococcal Etiology among Patients with Septicemia with or without Endocarditis by Multivariate Statistical Methods. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 17:1, pages 37-46.
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GÖSta Bluhm, Bengt Jacobson, Inger Julander, Maj Levander-Lindgren & Christian Olin. (1984) Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Pacemaker Surgery—a Prospective Study. Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 18:3, pages 227-234.
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