Risk factors for postoperative chest wound infections due to Gram-negative bacteria in cardiac surgery patients

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 402-408

  Garey, K W ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Dao, T ^a   Tam, V H ^a   Gentry, L O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Sternal wound infections; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STERNUM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENTILATOR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33749024985     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2006.18.4.402     Document Type: Article

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