Sonication of Explanted Cardiac Implants Improves Microbial Detection in Cardiac Device Infections

Microbiology and Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections

(2012) Avish Nagpal et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Infection after pacemaker implantation: infection rates and risk factors associated with infection in a population-based cohort study of 46299 consecutive patients

(2011) J. B. Johansen et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Risk factors associated with early- versus late-onset implantable cardioverter-defibrillator infections

(2011) Muhammad R. Sohail et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Clinical Predictors of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device-Related Infective Endocarditis

(2011) KATHERINE Y. LE et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Cardiac Device Infection—or Not

(2010) Larry M. Baddour   CIRCULATION

Bacterial Colonization and Infection of Electrophysiological Cardiac Devices Detected With Sonication and Swab Culture

(2010) Martin Rohacek et al.   CIRCULATION

Update on Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Management

(2010) Larry M. Baddour et al.   CIRCULATION

Nonstaphylococcal Infections of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

(2010) George M. Viola et al.   CIRCULATION

Outcomes in Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices and Bacteremia Caused by Gram-Positive Cocci Other Than Staphylococcus Aureus

(2010) Malini Madhavan et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Cardiac implantable electronic device infections: Presentation, management, and patient outcomes

(2010) Khaldoun G. Tarakji et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Bacteriology of infected extracted pacemaker and ICD leads

(2010) Matteo Anselmino et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis Due to Multidrug-ResistantCorynebacterium striatumDetected with Sonication of the Device

(2010) Alessandra Oliva et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Improved Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection by Multiplex PCR of Sonication Fluid from Removed Implants

(2010) Y. Achermann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sonication cultures of explanted components as an add-on test to routinely conducted microbiological diagnostics improve pathogen detection

(2010) Johannes Holinka et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Sonication of Explanted Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices for the Diagnosis of Pocket Infections and Asymptomatic Bacterial Colonization

(2010) PAMELA K. MASON et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

A Biofilm Approach to Detect Bacteria on Removed Spinal Implants

(2010) Marta Fernandez Sampedro et al.   SPINE

Improved detection of microbial ureteral stent colonisation by sonication

(2010) Gernot Bonkat et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Sonication is superior to scraping for retrieval of bacteria in biofilm on titanium and steel surfaces in vitro

(2009) Geir Bjerkan et al.   Acta Orthopaedica

Sonication of Removed Breast Implants for Improved Detection of Subclinical Infection

(2009) U. M. Rieger et al.   AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY

Prevalence of bacterial colonization of generator pockets in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients without signs of infection undergoing generator replacement or lead revision

(2009) T. Kleemann et al.   EUROPACE

Incubation Alone Is Adequate as a Culturing Technique for Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices

(2009) G. M. Viola et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiologic Diagnosis of Prosthetic Shoulder Infection by Use of Implant Sonication

(2009) K. E. Piper et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Continued Rise in Rates of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections in the United States: Temporal Trends and Causative Insights

(2009) ANDREW VOIGT et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

High prevalence of asymptomatic bacterial colonization of rhythm management devices

(2008) M. Pichlmaier et al.   EUROPACE

Risk factors and time delay associated with cardiac device infections: Leiden device registry

(2008) J C Lekkerkerker et al.   HEART

ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: Executive Summary

(2008) Andrew E. Epstein et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Diagnosis and treatment of implant-associated septic arthritis and osteomyelitis

(2008) Andrej Trampuz et al.   Current Infectious Disease Reports