Local gentamicin reduces sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Friberg, Örjan ^a,b   Svedjeholm, Rolf ^c   Söderquist, Bo ^b   Granfeldt, Hans ^c   Vikerfors, Tomas ^a   Källman, Jan ^a  

^a Sweden ^*  (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GENTAMICIN; ISOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATTLE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COLLAGEN; DICLOXACILLIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OSTEITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 11144317994     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.043     Document Type: Article

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