ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
Deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery: a comparison of three different wound infection types and an analysis of antibiotic resistance.
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- Review on risk factors, classification, and treatment of sternal wound infection.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Review
- Intranasal Mupirocin to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Post Cardiac Surgery: A Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2023Review
- Successful pedicled vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap reconstruction with negative-pressure wound therapy for deep sternal wound infection: a case report and comprehensive review.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- The combined application of antibiotic-loaded bone cement and vacuum sealing drainage for sternal reconstruction in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Post-Surgical Mediastinitis in Adults Consensus Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Infections (Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Antimicrobial prophylaxis in adult cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.Journal of infection prevention · 2021Article
- Antibiofilm and antipersister activity of acetic acid against extensively drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAW1.PloS one · 2021Article
- Sternal reconstruction after post-sternotomy dehiscence and mediastinitis.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2020Article
- Intravenous transfusion of iron sucrose reduces blood transfusions and improves postoperative anaemia after a second thoracotomy: a propensity-score matching study.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Implementation of an evidence-based practice to decrease surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundDeep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a severe complication following cardiac surgery. We compared epidemiology, clinical features, and microbiology of three types of DSWI and examined the antibiotic resistance in DSWI patients.
methodsFrom 2011 to 2015, 170 adult post-cardiac surgery DSWI patients were recruited for this study and underwent the pectoralis major muscle flap transposition in our department.
resultsOf 170 adult patients with DSWI (mean age of 54 years), the majority (99 patients, 58.2%) had type II DSWI. The three types of DSWI patients showed significant differences in terms of gender, smoking history, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and hospitalization cost (P<0.05). The most common symptoms of DSWI patients were fever and wound dehiscence accompanied by purulent secretions. Types I and II DSWI were more frequently associated with hypoproteinemia and high leucocyte count (P<0.05). Microbiological diagnosis was available for 77 of 170 patients (45.3%). Of 157 pathogens detected, 87 (55.4%) species of gram negative bacilli were identified and most commonly were
conclusionsThree types of DSWI exhibit differences in epidemiology and clinical features.
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