TY  - JOUR
T1  - The bundled approach to mrsa surgical site infection prevention: Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?: comment on “sustained reduction in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus wound infections after cardiothoracic surgery”
AU  - Liu C
Y1  - 2011/01/10
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.448
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 73
EP  - 74
VL  - 171
IS  - 1
N2  - 
Surgical site infections (SSIs) cause significant patient morbidity and mortality and add $10 billion annually to health care expenditures.1Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen, with methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) accounting for up to 65% of poststernotomy mediastinitis.2 Compared with infections due to methicillin-susceptible S aureus (MSSA), MRSA has been associated with increased mortality, treatment failure, length of hospital stay, and costs.3- 4

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.448
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.448
ER  -