title: Surgical site infection during hospitalization and after discharge in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery.
abstract: During a 13-month period, 513 patients who were scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery were prospectively observed for surgical site infection during hospitalization after surgery and for 1 month after hospital discharge. Fifty-three patients showed evidence of surgical site infection (during hospitalization for 31 patients and after discharge for 22). Multivariate analysis identified that risk factors for surgical site infection differed between infections that occurred during hospitalization and those that occurred after discharge.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. mirfac@humv.es
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Ayala
authors.forename: Daniel N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Nan
authors.forename: Concepcion
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farinas-Alvarez
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Revuelta
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Macias
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Farinas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology