<i>Candida</i> spp. Deep Sternal Wound Infections: A Consequence of Antibiotic use?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Candida spp. Deep Sternal Wound Infections: A Consequence of Antibiotic use?

Published:2024-03-28 Issue:4 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2328-8957
Container-title:Open Forum Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

McNeil Thomas¹²^ORCID,Coats Joanna³,Daniel Santhosh¹²,Gordon David¹²⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Flinders Medical Centre , Adelaide, South Australia , Australia

2. College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University , Adelaide, South Australia , Australia

3. Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Flinders Medical Centre , Adelaide, South Australia , Australia

4. Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology , Adelaide, South Australia , Australia

Abstract

Abstract A cluster of deep sternal wound infections caused by Candida spp. occurred at our institution. Investigation did not disclose a common environmental source. We postulate that broad-spectrum antibiotic surgical prophylaxis and liberal use of antibiotics contributed to these infections.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofae157/57131666/ofae157.pdf

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