An outbreak of coagulase-negative staphylococcal surgical-site infections following aortic valve replacement

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 618-623

  Lark, Rebecca L ^a   Vanderhyde, Kristi ^b   Deeb, G Michael ^c   Dietrich, Steve ^a   Massey, Jeffrey P ^a   Chenoweth, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035217550     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501832     Document Type: Article

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