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Ann Thorac Surg 1981;31:191-198
© 1981 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Recent Advances in the Management of Thoracic Surgical Infections

David B. Skinner, M.D.*, P. David Myerowitz, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Skinner, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, 950 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Current management of infections in thoracic surgery is reviewed. The selection of patients for the use of antibiotics prophylactically, the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary infection in immunosuppressed patients, indications for operation in patients with fungal infections, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, and empyema, and the management of mediastinitis after sternotomy and of postpneumonectomy space infections is described.




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