Impact of preoperative nasopharyngeal cultures on surgical site infection after open heart surgeryCentral MessagePerspective

Impact of preoperative nasopharyngeal cultures on surgical site infection after open heart surgeryCentral MessagePerspective

Objectives: Despite advances in surgical techniques and management, surgical site infection (SSI) is still important after cardiovascular surgery. We investigated to determine whether or not preoperative nasopharyngeal cultures (NCx) can predict SSI and its microbial spectrum. Methods: A retrospecti...

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Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Takami, MD, PhD, Kentaro Amano, MD, PhD, Yusuke Sakurai, MD, PhD, Kiyotoshi Akita, MD, PhD, Ryosuke Hayashi, MD, Atsuo Maekawa, MD, PhD, Yasushi Takagi, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
surgical site infection
open heart surgery
nasopharyngeal culture
microorganisms
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273621003168

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