Surveillance of surgical site infections at a tertiary care hospital in Greece: Incidence, risk factors, microbiology, and impact

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 732-738

  Roumbelaki, Maria ^a,b   Kritsotakis, Evangelos I ^a   Tsioutis, Constantinos ^b   Tzilepi, Penelope ^b   Gikas, Achilleas ^a,b  

^a Parasitology   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERATION DURATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BENCHMARKING; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 57149134928     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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