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Consistent with the notion that sternitis always accompanies poststernotomy mediastinitis, microbiologic examination of sternal puncture specimens was highly accurate in the diagnosis of deep infection in that setting.

Sternal Puncture For Diagnosis of Mediastinitis After Median Sternotomy