Open AccessAdding vancomycin to perioperative prophylaxis decreases deep sternal wound infections in high-risk cardiac surgery patients
Author(s) -
Sylvia Reineke,
Thierry Carrel,
Verena Eigenmann,
Brigitta Gahl,
Urs Fuehrer,
Christian Seidl,
David Reineke,
Eva Roost,
Magi Bächli,
Jonas Marschall,
Lars Englberger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezx328
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , vancomycin , cardiac surgery , surgery , anesthesia , staphylococcus aureus , biology , genetics , bacteria
Perioperative prophylaxis with cephalosporins reduces sternal wound infections (SWIs) after cardiac surgery. However, more than 50% of coagulase-negative staphylococci, an important pathogen, are cephalosporin resistant. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of adjunctive vancomycin on SWIs in high-risk patients.
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