Meta-analysis on Surgical Infections

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-430

  Matthaiou, Dimitrios K ^a,b   Peppas, George ^a,c   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c,d  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Intra abdominal infections; Mortality; Pancreatitis; Prophylaxis; Surgical site infections; Wound infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE INFECTION; BREAST SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN SURGERY;

APPENDICITIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PANCREATITIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64849103296     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.01.012     Document Type: Review

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