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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a cardiac surgical unit  Michel Carrier, MDa, Richard Marchand, MDb,c, Pierre Auger, MDb,c, Yves.

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1 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a cardiac surgical unit 
Michel Carrier, MDa, Richard Marchand, MDb,c, Pierre Auger, MDb,c, Yves Hébert, MDa, Michel Pellerin, MDa, Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhDa, Raymond Cartier, MDa, Denis Bouchard, MDa, Nancy Poirier, MDa, Pierre Pagé, MDa  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 123, Issue 1, Pages (January 2002) DOI: /mtc Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Total incidence of MRSA infections, including mediastinitis, superficial and deep sternal and leg wound infection, and all systemic infection episodes decreased from to 2000. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , 40-44DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Relative risk (RR) of severe mediastinal MRSA infection to all other MRSA infection episodes decreased from to 2000. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , 40-44DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Incidence of MRSA and non-MRSA mediastinal infections decreased from to 2000. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , 40-44DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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