Risk factors associated with surgical site infections following vascular surgery at a German university hospital

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1207-1213

  Ott, E ^a   Bange, F Ch ^a   Sohr, D ^b   Teebken, O ^a   Mattner, F ^a,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femoral grafting; incidence; risk factor analysis; wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR GRAFTING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84876915476     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881200180X     Document Type: Article

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