Recurrent post-sternotomy mediastinitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Rosmarakis, Evangelos S ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Internal mammary artery; Muscle flaps; Omentum flap; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FLAP; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33646111189     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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