Adding vancomycin to perioperative prophylaxis decreases deep sternal wound infections in high-risk cardiac surgery patients
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Oct 20, 2017
Reineke S, et al. - Authors here aimed at determining the impact of adjunctive vancomycin on sternal wound infections (SWIs) after cardiac surgery in high-risk patients. In this study, vancomycin addition to standard antibiotic prophylaxis in high-risk patients resulted in significant reduction in deep SWI (DSWI) after cardiac surgery.
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