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Correlation Between Respiratory Colonization With Gram-Negative Bacteria and Development of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection After Cardiac Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Pranavi V. Sreeramoju ,
Sylvia Garcia-Houchins ,
Judith Bova ,
Cynthia C. Kelly ,
Jan E. Patterson  and
Stephen G. Weber
Pranavi V. Sreeramoju*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago
Sylvia Garcia-Houchins
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, University of Chicago Medical Center
Judith Bova
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, University of Chicago Medical Center
Cynthia C. Kelly
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
Stephen G. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago Department of Infection Control, University of Chicago Medical Center
*
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC 7881, San Antonio, TX 78229 (sreeramoju@uthscsa.edu)
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Abstract

This pilot, observational study involving 286 patients who underwent cardiac surgery found that patients who had endotracheal colonization with gram-negative bacteria at 1 week after surgery were more likely to develop subsequent infection compared to those without colonization (8 of 23 vs. 4 of 40; relative risk 2.3 [95% confidence interval, 1.3–4.1; P value < .05]).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 546 - 548
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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