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Efficacy of autovaccination therapy on post-coronary artery bypass grafting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis

^a Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Italy
^b Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Piazza S.Onofrio, 4 00165 Rome, Italy
^c Department of Odontostomatology and Surgery, University of Bari, Italy
^d DIMIMP, Hygiene Section, University of Bari, Italy

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We report a case of mediastinitis successfully treated with autovaccine therapy, once conventional surgical and medical therapies had failed.

Key Words: Mediastinitis; Autovaccination