The impact of surgical wound bacterial colonization on the incidence of surgical site infection after lower limb vascular surgery: A prospective observational study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 411-417

  Turtiainen, J ^a   Hakala, T ^a   Hakkarainen, T ^a   Karhukorpi, J ^b  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Eastern Finland Laboratory Centre Joint Authority Enterprise (ISLAB)   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Peripheral vascular surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; COMPLICATION; INCIDENCE; LEG; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84896096668     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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