Topical Vancomycin for Sternal Wound Infection Prophylaxis: Reinventing the Wheel All Over Again

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland; Thoracic Research Centre, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Innovative Medical Forum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• ³ Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Thoracic Research Centre, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Innovative Medical Forum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy; Thoracic Research Centre, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Innovative Medical Forum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Wołoska 137, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland; Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Thoracic Research Centre, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Innovative Medical Forum, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Electronic address: [email protected].