Etiology and antimicrobial resistance in surgical site infections in cardiac surgery

Abstract

This article presents a review of currently available data on etiology and antimicrobial resistance in surgical site infections (SSI) following cardiac surgery. Author performed analysis of the references on etiology and antimicrobial resistance in SSI after cardiac surgery from the Scopus, Medline, EMBASE, PubMed and Google Scholar over January 2010 to December 2020. The selected most cited earlier (January 1990 to December 2009) publications were also included in the analysis.

Keywords

• surgical site infection
• cardiac surgery
• nosocomial infection
• antimicrobial resistance