Risk factors for neurosurgical site infections after a neurosurgical procedur: A prospective observational study at Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-398

  Buang, Siti Suriyati ^a   Haspani, M S ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Neurosurgery Hospital ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Neurosurgical procedures; Surgical site infection (SSI); Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84866985496     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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