Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery.
Van Kerkhove, Maria D;
Parsonnet, Julie;
Weingart, Michal;
Tompkins, Lucy S;
(2006)
Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 27 (3).
pp. 305-307.
ISSN 0899-823X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/503176
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Six cases of coagulase-negative staphylococcal mediastinitis were identified in the latter half of 1999. A new preoperative cleansing solution was suspected by hospital staff to be a factor in the outbreak. We evaluated this possible risk factor along with other known and suspected surgical site infection risk factors in this case-control study.