Downward trends in surgical site and urinary tract infections after cesarean delivery in a French surveillance network, 1997-2003

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Vincent, Agnès ^a,f   Ayzac, Louis ^a   Girard, Raphaële ^c   Caillat Vallet, Emmanuelle ^a   Chapuis, Catherine ^b   Depaix, Florence ^b   Dumas, Anne Marie ^d   Gignoux, Chantal ^e   Haond, Catherine ^e   Lafarge Leboucher, Joëlle ^d   Launay, Carine ^e   Tissot Guerraz, Françoise ^d   Fabry, Jacques ^a  

^a Centre de Coordination de Lutte Contre Les Infections Nosocomiales Sud Est   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology   (France)

^d University Hospital   (France)

^e Department of Infection Control Rhône Centre ^*  (France)

^f Hopital Henry Gabrielle   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 39449131482     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527512     Document Type: Article

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