Surgical site infection after cardiac surgery: A simplified surveillance method

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1393-1396

  Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a   Amrein, C ^b   Brusset, A ^c   De Lentdecker, P ^d   Laisne M J ^e   Petrie J ^f   Philip, I ^a   Lucet, J C ^a   Pouillart, F ^g  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c Ambroise Pare Clinic   (France)

^d FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^g Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846012213     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509853     Document Type: Article

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