Surgical site infection surveillance at the National Cancer Institute in Mexico. An 18 months experience;Vigilancia de las infecciones de herida quirurgica. Experiencia de 18 meses en el Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Vilar Compte, Diana ^a   Sandoval, Silvia ^b   Gordillo, Patricia ^b   De La Rosa, Margarita ^b   Sánchez Mejorada, Gerardo ^b   Volkow, Patricia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mexico; Nosocomial infection; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEXICO; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEXICO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032873164     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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