Postoperative mediastinitis in children: Epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors for gram-negative pathogens

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Long, Caroline B ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^a,c   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^d   Coffin, Susan E ^a   Tabbutt, Sarah ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a   Bell, Louis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Child; Epidemiology; Mediastinitis; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEX ROLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNOTOMY;

BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 17144404538     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000157205.31624.ed     Document Type: Article

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