An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infections in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

Am J Infect Control. 1991 Apr;19(2):92-7. doi: 10.1016/0196-6553(91)90045-e.

Authors

J McLeod¹, L Nicolle, S Parker, A Maniar, M McGill, A Yassi

Affiliation

¹ Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

PMID: 2053718
DOI: 10.1016/0196-6553(91)90045-e

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Air Conditioning / standards
Case-Control Studies
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
Humans
Male
Manitoba
Middle Aged
Operating Rooms / standards*
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control