Surgical wound infection in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 402-405

  Kotisso, Berhanu ^a   Aseffa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032113979     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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