Is it possible to cure mediastinitis in patients with major postcardiac surgery complications? Alain Combes, MD, Jean-Louis Trouillet, MD, Jérôme Baudot, MD, Mourad Mokhtari, MD, Jean Chastre, MD, Claude Gibert, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages 1592-1597 (November 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03087-9
Fig 1 Distribution of microorganisms causative of primary (■) or secondary () mediastinitis; *p < 0.0001. (CNS = coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; GNB = gram-negative bacilli; MRSA = methicillin-resistant S aureus; MSSA = methicillin-sensitive S aureus; Others = other pathogens grown from bacteriologic samples.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 1592-1597DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03087-9)
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier estimates of the cumulative probabilities of mediastinal effluent sterilization (A) and duration of Redon catheter drainage (B) as a function of the numbers of days after surgical debridement for patients with primary (•) and secondary (○) mediastinitis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 1592-1597DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03087-9)