Epidemiology and outcome of major postoperative infections following cardiac surgery: Risk factors and impact of pathogen type

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 963-968

  Chen, Luke F ^a,b   Arduino, Jean Marie ^c   Sheng, Shubin ^d   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^d   Kanafani, Zeina A ^e   Harris, Anthony D ^f   Fraser, Thomas G ^g   Allen, Keith ^h   Corey, G Ralph ^a,d   Fowler, Vance G ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Mid America Heart and Lung Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Morbidity; Mortality; Sepsis; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84870425972     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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