Surgical site infections: Incidence and trends at a community teaching hospital

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 749-753

  Kassavin, Daniel S ^a   Pascarella, Linda ^a   Goldfarb, Michael A ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community teaching hospital; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Surgical site infection; Surgical site infections; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREND STUDY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79960182172     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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