Surgical-site infections within 60 days of coronary artery by-pass graft surgery

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-24

  Swenne, Christine Leo ^a,b   Lindholm, C ^c   Borowiec, J ^a   Carlsson, M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Public Health/Caring Sci ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery by pass graft; Definition; Infection control; Risk factor; Surgical wound infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNOTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342460240     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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