Risk factors associated with the development of surgical wound infection in a general surgery service;FACTORES DE RIESGO ASOCIADOS AL DESARROLLO DE INFECCION DE HERIDA QUIRURGICA EN UN SERVICIO DE CIRUGIA GENERAL

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 240-244

  Dierssen, Trinidad ^a,b,e   Vicente, Pilar ^a   Seco, Juan Luis ^a   Rodrigo, Isabel ^a,c   Delgado Rodríguez, Miguel ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^b Hospital Comarcal de Sierrallana   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL SIERRALLANA   (Spain)

Author keywords

risk factors; surgical infection; surgical wound infection; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029996673     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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