Surgical site infection surveillance in a Vascular Surgery Unit;Infezioni nosocomiali in chirurgia vascolare: Un anno di sorveglianza

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 430-433

  Marroni, Massimo ^a,c   Fiorio, Maurizio ^a   Cao, Piergiorgio ^b   Parlani, Gianbattista ^b   Morosi, Sabrina ^a   Stagni, Giuliano ^a  

^a Clinica delle Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nosocomial infections; Surveillance system; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0142245878     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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