title: Implicating transfusions in infections after cardiac operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohkuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Eric B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: gwhitman@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Glenn J R
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction