Persistent wound infection after Lichtenstein repair of an inguinal hernia caused by a small-colony variant of Staphylococcus aureus;Chronisch fistelnde Wundinfektion nach Lichtensteinreparation einer Leistenhernie, verursacht durch eine Small-colony-Variante von Staphylococcus aureus

Chirurg

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 441-443

  Goring H ^a,d   Waldner, H ^a   Emmerling, P ^b   Abele Horn, M ^c  

^a Abt F Allgemein V   (Germany)

^b Inst F Med Mikrobiol   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Abt F Allgemein und V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hernia; Infection; Mesh; Small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN FISTULA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ABSCESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FLOXACILLIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035319869     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040051328     Document Type: Article

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