Clinical relevance of surgical site infection as defined by the criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-177

  Henriksen, N A ^a   Meyhoff, C S ^b   Wetterslev, J ^b   Wille Jorgensen P ^a   Rasmussen, L S ^b   Jorgensen, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ASEPSIS score; CDC criteria; Clinical monitoring; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT PRESENCE OF SEROUS DISHARGE ERYTHEMA PURULENT EXUDATE SEPARATION OF THE DEEP TISSUES ISOLATION OF BACTERIA AND DURATION OF STAY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRSSI; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953538597     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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