Do lower respiratory tract samples contribute to the assessment of carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation after major heart surgery?

Colonization by Staphylococcus aureus is regularly assessed in patients undergoing major heart surgery (MHS). Despite pre-surgical decontamination attempts, a significant proportion of MHS patients remain colonized by S. aureus at the time of surgery. Nasal sampling can be improved by sampling extra...

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Autores principales: Bouza, Emilio, Burillo, Almudena, Munoz, Patricia, Valerio, Maricela, Barrio, Jose Maria, Hortal, Javier, Cuerpo, Gregorio, Perez-Granda, Maria Jesus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30586363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207854

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