Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery.
Maria D
Van Kerkhove
;
Julie
Parsonnet
;
Michal
Weingart
;
Lucy S
Tompkins
;
(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: 10.1086/503176
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.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | Aged, Case-Control Studies, Coagulase, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Heart Diseases, Humans, Male, Mediastinitis, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Risk Factors, Skin, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Coagulase, adverse effects, isolation & purification, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Heart Diseases, surgery, Humans, Male, Mediastinitis, etiology, microbiology, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Risk Factors, Skin, microbiology |
ISI | 249035800015 |
Date Deposited | 03 Jun 2013 11:33 |