Asymptomatic urinary tract colonisation predisposes to superficial wound infection in elective orthopaedic surgery

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 847-850

  Ollivere, B J ^a,c   Ellahee, N ^a   Logan, K ^a   Miller Jones, J C A ^b   Allen, P W ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449098661     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0573-4     Document Type: Article

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