Evaluation of routinely reported surgical site infections against microbiological culture results: A tool to identify patient groups where diagnosis and treatment may be improved

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 176-

  Krukerink, Marco ^a   Kievit, Job ^a   Marang van de Mheen, Perla J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCRIPTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 70749150473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-176     Document Type: Article

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