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Incidence of and Preoperative Risk Factors for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Chest Wound Infection After Cardiac Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Zeina A. Kanafani ,
Jean Marie Arduino ,
Lawrence H. Muhlbaier ,
Keith S. Kaye ,
Keith B. Allen ,
Yehuda Carmeli ,
G. Ralph Corey ,
Sara E. Cosgrove ,
Thomas G. Fraser  and
Anthony D. Harris
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Zeina A. Kanafani
Affiliation:
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Jean Marie Arduino
Affiliation:
Merck, Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
Lawrence H. Muhlbaier
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
Keith S. Kaye
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Keith B. Allen
Affiliation:
CorVasc MDs, Indianapolis, Indiana
Yehuda Carmeli
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
G. Ralph Corey
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
Thomas G. Fraser
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Anthony D. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Adolf W. Karchmer
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mark E. Rupp
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Eric D. Peterson
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Walter L. Straus
Affiliation:
Merck, Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
Vance G. Fowler Jr.*
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
*
Duke University Medical Center, Box 3281, Durham, NC 27710 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 242 - 248
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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