Surgical-site infection following spinal fusion: A case-control study in a children's hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 591-595

  Labbé, Annie Claude ^b   Demers, Anne Marie ^b   Rodrigues, Ramona ^b   Arlet, Vincent ^b   Tanguay, Kim ^b   Moore, Dorothy L ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEFAZOLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0041429272     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502259     Document Type: Article

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