Surgical site infections in a tertiary health care center: Prospective cohort study

Surgery Today

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 763-771

  Suljagić, Vesna ^a   Jevtic, Miodrag ^a   Djordjevic, Boban ^a   Jovelic, Aleksandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b University Clinic of Cardiology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Incidence; Risk factors; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955630289     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-009-4124-4     Document Type: Article

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