Staphylococcal post-sternotomy mediastinitis: Five year audit

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 198-203

  Upton, Arlo ^a,b   Roberts, Sally A ^a   Milsom, Paget ^a   Morris, Arthur J ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Mediastinitis; Risk factor; Staphylococcal infection; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STERNUM;

EID: 18244397450     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03371.x     Document Type: Review

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