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A review of current strategies to reduce intraoperative bacterial contamination of surgical wounds

Surgical site infections are a mean topic in cardiac surgery, leading to a prolonged hospitalization, and substantially increased morbidity and mortality. One source of pathogens is the endogenous flora of the patient’s skin, which can contaminate the surgical site. A number of preoperative skin car...

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Autores principales: Dohmen, Pascal M., Konertz, Wolfgang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204082