Surgical-site infection surveillance at a small-scale community hospital

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 204-206

  Saito, Takashi ^a,b   Aoki, Yoji ^a   Ebara, Kazuo ^a   Hirai, Shunichi ^a   Kitamura, Yasuhiro ^a   Kasaoka, Yosinobu ^a   Mori, Yoshihiro ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^b   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^b   Kohi, Fumikazu ^a  

^a Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community hospital; Surgical site infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTIAM; FLOMOXEF; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULPERAZON;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 24044479647     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-005-0393-z     Document Type: Article

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