Surgical site infections in ambulatory surgery: A 5-year experience

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-103

  Vilar Compte, Diana ^a   Roldán, Rodrigo ^b   Sandoval, Silvia ^a   Corominas, Rebeca ^b   De la Rosa, Margarita ^a   Gordillo, Patricia ^a   Volkow, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035069420     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2001.112241     Document Type: Article

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