Surgical site infections following spinal surgery at a tertiary care center in Lebanon: Incidence, microbiology, and risk factors

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 589-592

  Kanafani, Zeina ^a   Dakdouki, Ghenwa ^b   El Dbouni, Oussayma ^c   Bawwab, Tala ^d   Kanj, Souha ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hammoud Hospital   (Lebanon)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LEBANON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33746640867     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600606440     Document Type: Article

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