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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Surgical Versus Conservative Treatment of Post-Sternotomy Mediastinitis: Clinical Characteristics, Microbiology, and Outcomes from a 10-Year Cohort.

Francesca Serapide, Lavinia Berardelli, Girolamo Perrotta, Simona Mongiardi, Antonio Di Virgilio, Giuseppe Musolino, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Alessandro Russo

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Francesca SerapideInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, "Renato Dulbecco" Teaching Hospital, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5555-3732
Lavinia BerardelliInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, "Renato Dulbecco" Teaching Hospital, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-6864-1216
Girolamo PerrottaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Simona MongiardiInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, "Renato Dulbecco" Teaching Hospital, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Antonio Di VirgilioCardiac Surgery Unit, "Renato Dulbecco" Teaching Hospital, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giuseppe MusolinoCardiac Surgery Unit, "Renato Dulbecco" Teaching Hospital, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giuseppe Filiberto SerrainoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4804-9570
Pasquale MastrorobertoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3060-0520
Alessandro RussoInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, "Renato Dulbecco" Teaching Hospital, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3846-4620

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6 · The paper itself

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cardiac infectionscardiac surgerychest infectionsmediastinitispost-surgical complications

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PMID41828061
PMCPMC12984783

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