Staphylococcus aureus and repeat bacteremia in febrile patients as early signs of sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery

BACKGROUND: Sternal wound infection is a devastating complication of cardiothoracic surgery that carries high postoperative morbidity and mortality rates. We explored whether our current program of extensive bacteriological examination including repeat blood cultures may contribute to the early diag...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Teruya, Daimon, Takashi, Mouri, Norio, Masuda, Hirotada, Sawa, Yoshiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-80

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-80

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