Resumen de Preventing Postoperative Staphylococcus aureus Infections: The Search Continues
Among carefully selected patients, cardiac surgery can enhance both quality and duration of life. Today, procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and valve replacement/repair are commonplace, with more than 400 000 median sternotomies for these and other procedures performed annually in the United States.1 Despite the potential benefits, infectious complications remain a significant source of postoperative morbidity, with Staphylococcus aureus infections topping the list2- 4; in the setting of a new valve or endograft, such infections are associated with case-fatality rates of nearly 50%.
