Incidence of and preoperative risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and chest wound infection after cardiac surgery

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-248

  Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Arduino, Jean Marie ⁱ   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^b,c   Kaye, Keith S ^b   Allen, Keith B ^d   Carmeli, Yehuda ^e   Corey, G Ralph ^b,c   Cosgrove, Sara E ^g   Fraser, Thomas G ^f   Harris, Anthony D ^h   Karchmer, Adolf W ^e   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^j   Rupp, Mark E ^k   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Straus, Walter L ⁱ   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^b,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CorVasc MDs ^*  (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHEST INFECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THORACIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 61849133868     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596015     Document Type: Article

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