Surgical site infections following craniotomy focusing on possible post-operative acquisition of infection: Prospective cohort study

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1511-1516

  Sneh Arbib, O ^a   Shiferstein, A ^a   Dagan, N ^a   Fein, S ^a   Telem, L ^a   Muchtar, E ^a   Eliakim Raz, N ^a   Rubinovitch, B ^a   Rubin, G ^a   Rappaport, Z H ^a,b   Paul, M ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Unit of Infectious Diseases   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL EMPYEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84887999471     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1904-y     Document Type: Article

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