Mediastinitis after cardiac surgery: Improvement of bacteriological diagnosis by use of multiple tissue samples and strain typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2936-2941

  Tammelin, Ann ^a   Hambræus, Anna ^a   Ståhle, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MEDIASTINITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STERNUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COAGULASE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 0036701964     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2936-2941.2002     Document Type: Article

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