Surgical wound infection surveillance in general surgery procedures at a teaching hospital in Pakistan

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 296-301

  Pishori, Turab ^a   Siddiqui, Amna Rehana ^a   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0042665478     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2003.7     Document Type: Article

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