Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery.
Six cases of coagulase-negative staphylococcal mediastinitis were identified in the latter half of 1999. A new preoperative cleansing solution was suspected by hospital staff to be a factor in the outbreak. We evaluated this possible risk factor along with other known and suspected surgical site infection risk factors in this case-control study.
Department of Health, Research, and Policy, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, California, USA. mvankerkhove@exponent.com
Maria D
MD
Van Kerkhove
Julie
J
Parsonnet
Michal
M
Weingart
Lucy S
LS
Tompkins
D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003030:Coagulase / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology
D003030:Coagulase