| wound infection after median sternotomy during the war in croatia. | from 1990 to 1994 at clinical hospital center, zagreb, 1904 median sternotomies were performed for cardiac operations. patients shared the same intensive care unit (icu) with the wounded persons, admitted to the hospital from battlefield. infection developed in 124 patients, an incidence of 6.51%. methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) was isolated from 90, methicillin resistant staphylococcus epidermidis (mrse) from 19, and gram negative bacilli (gnb) from 56 patients, pseudomonas a ... | 1996 | 10064374 |