Surgical site infections occurring after hospital discharge

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 963-970

  Sands, Kenneth ^a   Vineyard, Gordon ^b   Platt, Richard ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030047532     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.963     Document Type: Article

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