Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species in a cardiac surgical intensive care unit: A 5-year experience

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Zangrillo, Alberto ^a   Landoni, Giovanni ^a   Fumagalli, Luca ^a   Bove, Tiziana ^a   Bellotti, Ferdinando ^a   Sottocorna, Ornella ^a   Roberti, Andrea ^a   Marino, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus; Postoperative infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORHEXIDINE; PROPOFOL; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 31844441949     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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