Multicentre survey of post-surgical infections in Campania (Italy);Studio multicentrico di sorveglianza delle infezioni post-chirurgiche in Campania

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Esposito, Silvano ^e   Iannielio, Filomena ^e   Leone, Sebastiano ^e   Noviello, Silvana ^e   Marvaso, Alberto ^a   Iannantuoni, Nicola ^a   Esposito, Eulalia ^e   Imperato, Luigi ^e   Aiello, Domenico ^e   Coppola, Carmine ^e   Aloisio, Teresa ^b   Maio, Patrizia ^c   Acierno, Domenico ^c   Romano, Giovanni ^c   Patrelli, Germanico ^d  

^a Ospedale S Maria delle Grazie   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco   (Italy)

^c S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Maddaloni   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Prophylaxis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CESAREAN SECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1642400666     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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