Interventions to Prevent CIED Infections: More or Less?

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¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: baddour.larry@mayo.edu.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/riz1998.

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Larry M Baddour et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018.

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. 2018 Dec 18;72(24):3110-3111.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.09.067.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: baddour.larry@mayo.edu.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/riz1998.

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Keywords: PADIT; antibiotics; cardiovascular implantable electronic device; prevention, prophylaxis.

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Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial: The PADIT Trial.
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