학술논문
Influence of preoperative nasopharyngeal cultures on surgical site infection after cardiac and thoracic aortic surgery
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Article
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JTCVS Open; 20210101, Issue: Preprints
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26662736
Abstract
Despite advances in surgical techniques and management, surgical site infection (SSI) is still important after cardiovascular surgery. We investigated to determine whether or not preoperative nasopharyngeal cultures (NCx) can predict SSI and its microbial spectrum.