Intranasal Mupirocin to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Post Cardiac Surgery: A Review of the Literature

Sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. One of the known risk factors of sternal wound infection is Staphylococcus aureus colonisation. Intranasal mupirocin decolonisation therapy implemented pre-operatively appears to be an effective...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nellipudi, Jessy, Stone, Caleb
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36793816
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33678

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36793816
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33678

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