Is umbilical flora responsible for wound infection after laparoscopic surgery?

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Hamzaoglu, Ismail ^a,b   Baca, Bilgi ^a   Böler, Deniz Eren ^a   Polat, Erdal ^a   Özer, Yasemin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Alemdag cad Yanyol sk   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Umbilical flora; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; POVIDONE IODINE; TIMENTIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TROCAR; UMBILICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 7044239102     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200410000-00007     Document Type: Article

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