Microbiological study of sternal osteomyelitis after median thoracotomy - a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Infect Dis · 2023 · PMC10209563 · PMID 37231332

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marginal significancep = 0.05actually significant

We found a marginal significance when comparing wound swabs and biopsies in terms of unsuccessful isolation of pathogens (20 vs. 17, p = 0.05).

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