Harvest surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass grafting: Risk factors, microbiology, and outcomes

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Sharma, Mamta ^a,b   Fakih, Mohamad G ^a,b   Berriel Cass, Dorine ^a   Meisner, Susan ^a   Saravolatz, Louis ^a,b   Khatib, Riad ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass; microbiology; risk factors; Saphenous vein harvesting; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349229842     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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