Bacterial colony counts during vaginal surgery

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Culligan, Patrick ^a,b   Heit, Michael ^a   Blackwell, Linda ^a   Murphy, Miles ^a   Graham, Carol A ^a   Snyder, James ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Postoperative infection; Vaginal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PELVIS SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0347354766     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440300025515     Document Type: Article

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