Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Sternal Wound Infections After Open Heart Operations Sherif B Mossad, MD, Janet M Serkey, RN, JD, David L Longworth,

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Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Sternal Wound Infections After Open Heart Operations Sherif B Mossad, MD, Janet M Serkey, RN, JD, David L Longworth, MD, Delos M Cosgrove, MD, Steven M Gordon, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 395-401 (February 1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00834-X

Fig. 1 Emergence of coagulase negative staphylococcus (CNS) as a cause of sternal wound infection (SWI) after 22,180 median sternotomy procedures at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; 1988–1994. (SWI = sternal wound infections.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997 63, 395-401DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00834-X)

Fig. 2 Organisms causing 436 sternal wound infections after 22,180 median sternotomy procedures at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation; 1988–1994. (CNS = coagulase-negative staphylococci.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997 63, 395-401DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00834-X)

Fig. 3 Susceptibility pattern of coagulase-negative staphylococci to tested antibiotics. All coagulase-negative staphylococci isolates were tested; refer to Table 1 for the exact number of isolates identified each year. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997 63, 395-401DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00834-X)