Prevalence and predictors of surgical site infection in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-166

  Brown, S ^a   Kurtsikashvili, G ^b   Alonso Echanove, J ^c   Ghadua, M ^b   Ahmeteli, L ^d   Bochoidze, T ^e   Shushtakashvili, M ^d   Eremin, S ^f   Tsertsvadze, E ^b   Imnadze, P ^b   O'Rourke, E ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^e A Tsulukidze National Centre of Urology   (Georgia)

^f NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prophylaxis; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULPERAZON;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL WOUND; THORACOTOMY; URBAN AREA; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249713714     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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