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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:383-384
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Weight as a Risk Factor of Mediastinitis After Cardiac Surgery in Context of Insufficient Dosage of Prophylactic Antibiotic

Jacqueline Grando, MDa,b, Anne Tristan, PharmDa,b, Philippe Vanhems, MD, PhDa,b, Marie Célard, MDa,b, Jean-Jacques Lehot, MD, PhDa,b, Olivier Bastien, MD, PhDa,b, François Vandenesch, MD, PhDa,b

a Hôpital Louis Pradel, 28 Avenue Doyen Lépine, Bron Cedex, 69677 France
b Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5 Place d’Arsonval, Lyon Cedex 03, 69437 France

(Email: jacqueline.grando@chu-lyon.fr).

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To the Editor:

Abboud and colleagues [1] showed that obesity was an independent risk factor for postsurgical mediastinitis and suggested that an inappropriate dose of prophylactic antibiotic for high body weight may facilitate this complication.

At the Louis Pradel Hospital, operative site infections after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) operations have been continuously surveyed since 1988, and the incidence rate of mediastinitis ranged from 0.4% to 1%. Seven cases of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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