Procedural risk factors for deep and organ/space surgical site infection post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Abarna Pearl; Patrick S Gordon; Baevin S Feeser; Dana E Pepe; Preeti Mehrotra; Sharon B Wright

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.374

Procedural risk factors for deep and organ/space surgical site infection post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 9;4(1):e120. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.374. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Abarna Pearl^{1

2}, Patrick S Gordon², Baevin S Feeser², Dana E Pepe^{1

2}, Preeti Mehrotra^{1

2}, Sharon B Wright^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
² Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

In this study, we examined the impact of the number and type of arterial grafts, and surgical dressing type, on deep and organ/space surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass graft procedures. Bilateral internal mammary artery grafts and negative pressure wound therapy were associated with higher odds of infection.